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libcap-ng-devel


Information about the package, libcap-ng-devel, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libcap-ng-devel package is designed for, Header files for libcap-ng library.


Package Name:

libcap-ng-devel

Summary:

Header files for libcap-ng library

Description:

The libcap-ng-devel package contains the files needed for developing applications that need to use the libcap-ng library.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

0.6.4

Release:

3.el6_0.1

Size:

20 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

LGPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for libcap-ng-devel


Control the libcap-ng-devel package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install libcap-ng-devel

This command will install libcap-ng-devel on the server.

yum remove libcap-ng-devel

This command will un-install libcap-ng-devel on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libcap-ng-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove libcap-ng-devel

This command will un-install libcap-ng-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 libcap-ng-devel when using the -y flag.

yum update libcap-ng-devel

This command will update libcap-ng-devel to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libcap-ng-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update libcap-ng-devel

This command will update libcap-ng-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 libcap-ng-devel when using the -y flag.

yum info libcap-ng-devel

This command will show you core information about the libcap-ng-devel package.

yum deplist libcap-ng-devel

This command will show you the dependencies for libcap-ng-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 libcap-ng-devel

This command will check if there is an update waiting on libcap-ng-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.