Information about the package, gpm-devel, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The gpm-devel package is designed for, Development files for the gpm library.
Package Name:
gpm-devel
Summary:
Development files for the gpm library
Description:
The gpm-devel package includes header files and libraries necessary for developing programs which use the gpm library. The gpm provides mouse support to text-based Linux applications.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.20.6
Release:
12.el6
Size:
23 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the gpm-devel package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install gpm-devel
This command will install gpm-devel on the server.
yum remove gpm-devel
This command will un-install gpm-devel on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gpm-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove gpm-devel
This command will un-install gpm-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 gpm-devel when using the -y flag.
yum update gpm-devel
This command will update gpm-devel to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gpm-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update gpm-devel
This command will update gpm-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 gpm-devel when using the -y flag.
yum info gpm-devel
This command will show you core information about the gpm-devel package.
yum deplist gpm-devel
This command will show you the dependencies for gpm-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 gpm-devel
This command will check if there is an update waiting on gpm-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.