Information about the package, glib2-static, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The glib2-static package is designed for, A library of handy utility functions.
Package Name:
glib2-static
Summary:
A library of handy utility functions
URL:
Description:
The glib2-static package includes static libraries of the GLib library.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.28.8
Release:
9.el6
Size:
1.0 M
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+
Control the glib2-static package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install glib2-static
This command will install glib2-static on the server.
yum remove glib2-static
This command will un-install glib2-static on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove glib2-static, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove glib2-static
This command will un-install glib2-static 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 glib2-static when using the -y flag.
yum update glib2-static
This command will update glib2-static to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove glib2-static, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update glib2-static
This command will update glib2-static 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 glib2-static when using the -y flag.
yum info glib2-static
This command will show you core information about the glib2-static package.
yum deplist glib2-static
This command will show you the dependencies for glib2-static. 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 glib2-static
This command will check if there is an update waiting on glib2-static. 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.