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bzip2-devel


Information about the package, bzip2-devel, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The bzip2-devel package is designed for, Header files developing apps which will use bzip2.


Package Name:

bzip2-devel

Summary:

Header files developing apps which will use bzip2

Description:

Header files and a library of bzip2 functions, for developing apps which will use the library.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.0.5

Release:

7.el6_0

Size:

250 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

BSD



Handy Yum Commands for bzip2-devel


Control the bzip2-devel package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install bzip2-devel

This command will install bzip2-devel on the server.

yum remove bzip2-devel

This command will un-install bzip2-devel on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove bzip2-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove bzip2-devel

This command will un-install bzip2-devel 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 bzip2-devel when using the -y flag.

yum update bzip2-devel

This command will update bzip2-devel to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove bzip2-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update bzip2-devel

This command will update bzip2-devel 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 bzip2-devel when using the -y flag.

yum info bzip2-devel

This command will show you core information about the bzip2-devel package.

yum deplist bzip2-devel

This command will show you the dependencies for bzip2-devel. 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 bzip2-devel

This command will check if there is an update waiting on bzip2-devel. 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.