Information about the package, libuuid, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libuuid package is designed for, Universally unique ID library.
Package Name:
libuuid
Summary:
Universally unique ID library
Description:
This is the universally unique ID library, part of util-linux-ng. The libuuid library generates and parses 128-bit universally unique id's (UUID's). A UUID is an identifier that is unique across both space and time, with respect to the space of all UUIDs. A UUID can be used for multiple purposes, from tagging objects with an extremely short lifetime, to reliably identifying very persistent objects across a network. See also the "uuid" package, which is a separate implementation.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.17.2
Release:
12.28.el6_9.2
Size:
16 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
updates
Licence:
BSD
Control the libuuid package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libuuid
This command will install libuuid on the server.
yum remove libuuid
This command will un-install libuuid on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libuuid, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libuuid
This command will un-install libuuid on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove libuuid when using the -y flag.
yum update libuuid
This command will update libuuid to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libuuid, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libuuid
This command will update libuuid to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove libuuid when using the -y flag.
yum info libuuid
This command will show you core information about the libuuid package.
yum deplist libuuid
This command will show you the dependencies for libuuid. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update libuuid
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libuuid. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.