Information about the package, gperf, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The gperf package is designed for, A perfect hash function generator.
Package Name:
gperf
Summary:
A perfect hash function generator
Description:
Gperf is a perfect hash function generator written in C++. Simply stated, a perfect hash function is a hash function and a data structure that allows recognition of a key word in a set of words using exactly one probe into the data structure.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.0.3
Release:
9.1.el6
Size:
272 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the gperf package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install gperf
This command will install gperf on the server.
yum remove gperf
This command will un-install gperf on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gperf, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove gperf
This command will un-install gperf 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 gperf when using the -y flag.
yum update gperf
This command will update gperf to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gperf, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update gperf
This command will update gperf 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 gperf when using the -y flag.
yum info gperf
This command will show you core information about the gperf package.
yum deplist gperf
This command will show you the dependencies for gperf. 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 gperf
This command will check if there is an update waiting on gperf. 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.