Information about the package, libreport, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libreport package is designed for, Generic library for reporting various problems.
Package Name:
libreport
Summary:
Generic library for reporting various problems
Description:
Libraries providing API for reporting different problems in applications to different bug targets like Bugzilla, ftp, trac, etc...
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.0.9
Release:
33.el6.centos
Size:
270 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the libreport package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libreport
This command will install libreport on the server.
yum remove libreport
This command will un-install libreport on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libreport, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libreport
This command will un-install libreport 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 libreport when using the -y flag.
yum update libreport
This command will update libreport to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libreport, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libreport
This command will update libreport 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 libreport when using the -y flag.
yum info libreport
This command will show you core information about the libreport package.
yum deplist libreport
This command will show you the dependencies for libreport. 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 libreport
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libreport. 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.