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gd-devel


Information about the package, gd-devel, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The gd-devel package is designed for, The development libraries and header files for gd.


Package Name:

gd-devel

Summary:

The development libraries and header files for gd

Description:

The gd-devel package contains the development libraries and header files for gd, a graphics library for creating PNG and JPEG graphics.

Architecture:

i686

Version:

2.0.35

Release:

11.el6

Size:

78 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

MIT



Handy Yum Commands for gd-devel


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install gd-devel

This command will install gd-devel on the server.

yum remove gd-devel

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

yum -y remove gd-devel

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

yum update gd-devel

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

yum -y update gd-devel

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

yum info gd-devel

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

yum deplist gd-devel

This command will show you the dependencies for gd-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 gd-devel

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