Information about the package, ncurses-static, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ncurses-static package is designed for, Static libraries for the ncurses library.
Package Name:
ncurses-static
Summary:
Static libraries for the ncurses library
Description:
The ncurses-static package includes static libraries of the ncurses library.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
5.7
Release:
4.20090207.el6
Size:
543 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT
Control the ncurses-static package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install ncurses-static
This command will install ncurses-static on the server.
yum remove ncurses-static
This command will un-install ncurses-static on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ncurses-static, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove ncurses-static
This command will un-install ncurses-static 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 ncurses-static when using the -y flag.
yum update ncurses-static
This command will update ncurses-static to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ncurses-static, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update ncurses-static
This command will update ncurses-static 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 ncurses-static when using the -y flag.
yum info ncurses-static
This command will show you core information about the ncurses-static package.
yum deplist ncurses-static
This command will show you the dependencies for ncurses-static. 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 ncurses-static
This command will check if there is an update waiting on ncurses-static. 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.