Information about the package, elfutils-libs, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The elfutils-libs package is designed for, Libraries to handle compiled objects.
Package Name:
elfutils-libs
Summary:
Libraries to handle compiled objects
Description:
The elfutils-libs package contains libraries which implement DWARF, ELF, and machine-specific ELF handling. These libraries are used by the programs in the elfutils package. The elfutils-devel package enables building other programs using these libraries.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.164
Release:
2.el6
Size:
230 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+ or LGPLv3+
Control the elfutils-libs package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install elfutils-libs
This command will install elfutils-libs on the server.
yum remove elfutils-libs
This command will un-install elfutils-libs on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove elfutils-libs, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove elfutils-libs
This command will un-install elfutils-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 elfutils-libs when using the -y flag.
yum update elfutils-libs
This command will update elfutils-libs to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove elfutils-libs, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update elfutils-libs
This command will update elfutils-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 elfutils-libs when using the -y flag.
yum info elfutils-libs
This command will show you core information about the elfutils-libs package.
yum deplist elfutils-libs
This command will show you the dependencies for elfutils-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 elfutils-libs
This command will check if there is an update waiting on elfutils-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.