Information about the package, gmp-devel, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The gmp-devel package is designed for, Development tools for the GNU MP arbitrary precision library.
Package Name:
gmp-devel
Summary:
Development tools for the GNU MP arbitrary precision library
URL:
Description:
The libraries, header files and documentation for using the GNU MP arbitrary precision library in applications. If you want to develop applications which will use the GNU MP library, you'll need to install the gmp-devel package. You'll also need to install the gmp package.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
4.3.1
Release:
12.el6
Size:
171 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+ and GPLv3+ and LGPLv3+
Control the gmp-devel package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install gmp-devel
This command will install gmp-devel on the server.
yum remove gmp-devel
This command will un-install gmp-devel on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gmp-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove gmp-devel
This command will un-install gmp-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 gmp-devel when using the -y flag.
yum update gmp-devel
This command will update gmp-devel to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gmp-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update gmp-devel
This command will update gmp-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 gmp-devel when using the -y flag.
yum info gmp-devel
This command will show you core information about the gmp-devel package.
yum deplist gmp-devel
This command will show you the dependencies for gmp-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 gmp-devel
This command will check if there is an update waiting on gmp-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.