Information about the package, pcre-static, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The pcre-static package is designed for, Static library for pcre.
Package Name:
pcre-static
Summary:
Static library for pcre
URL:
Description:
Library for static linking for pcre.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
7.8
Release:
7.el6
Size:
83 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the pcre-static package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install pcre-static
This command will install pcre-static on the server.
yum remove pcre-static
This command will un-install pcre-static on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pcre-static, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove pcre-static
This command will un-install pcre-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 pcre-static when using the -y flag.
yum update pcre-static
This command will update pcre-static to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pcre-static, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update pcre-static
This command will update pcre-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 pcre-static when using the -y flag.
yum info pcre-static
This command will show you core information about the pcre-static package.
yum deplist pcre-static
This command will show you the dependencies for pcre-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 pcre-static
This command will check if there is an update waiting on pcre-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.