Information about the package, gpm-libs, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The gpm-libs package is designed for, Dynamic library for for the gpm.
Package Name:
gpm-libs
Summary:
Dynamic library for for the gpm
Description:
This package contains the libgpm.so dynamic library which contains the gpm system calls and library functions.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.20.6
Release:
12.el6
Size:
28 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the gpm-libs package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install gpm-libs
This command will install gpm-libs on the server.
yum remove gpm-libs
This command will un-install gpm-libs on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gpm-libs, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove gpm-libs
This command will un-install gpm-libs 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-libs when using the -y flag.
yum update gpm-libs
This command will update gpm-libs to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gpm-libs, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update gpm-libs
This command will update gpm-libs 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-libs when using the -y flag.
yum info gpm-libs
This command will show you core information about the gpm-libs package.
yum deplist gpm-libs
This command will show you the dependencies for gpm-libs. 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-libs
This command will check if there is an update waiting on gpm-libs. 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.