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e2fsprogs-libs


Information about the package, e2fsprogs-libs, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The e2fsprogs-libs package is designed for, Ext2/3/4 filesystem-specific shared libraries.


Package Name:

e2fsprogs-libs

Summary:

Ext2/3/4 filesystem-specific shared libraries

Description:

E2fsprogs-libs contains libe2p and libext2fs, the libraries of the e2fsprogs package. These libraries are used to directly acccess ext2/3/4 filesystems from userspace.

Architecture:

i686

Version:

1.41.12

Release:

23.el6

Size:

128 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2 and LGPLv2



Handy Yum Commands for e2fsprogs-libs


Control the e2fsprogs-libs package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install e2fsprogs-libs

This command will install e2fsprogs-libs on the server.

yum remove e2fsprogs-libs

This command will un-install e2fsprogs-libs on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove e2fsprogs-libs, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove e2fsprogs-libs

This command will un-install e2fsprogs-libs 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 e2fsprogs-libs when using the -y flag.

yum update e2fsprogs-libs

This command will update e2fsprogs-libs to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove e2fsprogs-libs, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update e2fsprogs-libs

This command will update e2fsprogs-libs 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 e2fsprogs-libs when using the -y flag.

yum info e2fsprogs-libs

This command will show you core information about the e2fsprogs-libs package.

yum deplist e2fsprogs-libs

This command will show you the dependencies for e2fsprogs-libs. 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 e2fsprogs-libs

This command will check if there is an update waiting on e2fsprogs-libs. 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.