Information about the package, libattr-devel, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libattr-devel package is designed for, Extended attribute static libraries and headers.
Package Name:
libattr-devel
Summary:
Extended attribute static libraries and headers
Description:
This package contains the libraries and header files needed to develop programs which make use of extended attributes. For Linux programs, the documented system call API is the recommended interface, but an SGI IRIX compatibility interface is also provided. Currently only ext2, ext3 and XFS support extended attributes. The SGI IRIX compatibility API built above the Linux system calls is used by programs such as xfsdump(8), xfsrestore(8) and xfs_fsr(8). You should install libattr-devel if you want to develop programs which make use of extended attributes. If you install libattr-devel, you'll also want to install attr.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.4.44
Release:
7.el6
Size:
40 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+
Control the libattr-devel package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libattr-devel
This command will install libattr-devel on the server.
yum remove libattr-devel
This command will un-install libattr-devel on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libattr-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libattr-devel
This command will un-install libattr-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 libattr-devel when using the -y flag.
yum update libattr-devel
This command will update libattr-devel to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libattr-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libattr-devel
This command will update libattr-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 libattr-devel when using the -y flag.
yum info libattr-devel
This command will show you core information about the libattr-devel package.
yum deplist libattr-devel
This command will show you the dependencies for libattr-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 libattr-devel
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libattr-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.