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blas


Information about the package, blas, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The blas package is designed for, The Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms library.


Package Name:

blas

Summary:

The Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms library

Description:

BLAS (Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms) is a standard library which provides a number of basic algorithms for numerical algebra.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

3.2.1

Release:

5.el6

Size:

320 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

BSD



Handy Yum Commands for blas


Control the blas package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install blas

This command will install blas on the server.

yum remove blas

This command will un-install blas on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove blas, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove blas

This command will un-install blas 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 blas when using the -y flag.

yum update blas

This command will update blas to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove blas, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update blas

This command will update blas 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 blas when using the -y flag.

yum info blas

This command will show you core information about the blas package.

yum deplist blas

This command will show you the dependencies for blas. 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 blas

This command will check if there is an update waiting on blas. 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.