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gimp-devel


Information about the package, gimp-devel, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The gimp-devel package is designed for, GIMP plugin and extension development kit.


Package Name:

gimp-devel

Summary:

GIMP plugin and extension development kit

Description:

The gimp-devel package contains the static libraries and header files for writing GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) plug-ins and extensions.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

2.6.9

Release:

9.el6

Size:

1.0 M

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

LGPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for gimp-devel


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install gimp-devel

This command will install gimp-devel on the server.

yum remove gimp-devel

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

yum -y remove gimp-devel

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

yum update gimp-devel

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

yum -y update gimp-devel

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

yum info gimp-devel

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

yum deplist gimp-devel

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

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