Information about the package, pidgin-devel, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The pidgin-devel package is designed for, Development headers and libraries for pidgin.
Package Name:
pidgin-devel
Summary:
Development headers and libraries for pidgin
URL:
Description:
The pidgin-devel package contains the header files, developer documentation, and libraries required for development of Pidgin scripts and plugins.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.7.9
Release:
28.el6
Size:
84 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+ and GPLv2 and MIT
Control the pidgin-devel package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install pidgin-devel
This command will install pidgin-devel on the server.
yum remove pidgin-devel
This command will un-install pidgin-devel on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pidgin-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove pidgin-devel
This command will un-install pidgin-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 pidgin-devel when using the -y flag.
yum update pidgin-devel
This command will update pidgin-devel to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pidgin-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update pidgin-devel
This command will update pidgin-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 pidgin-devel when using the -y flag.
yum info pidgin-devel
This command will show you core information about the pidgin-devel package.
yum deplist pidgin-devel
This command will show you the dependencies for pidgin-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 pidgin-devel
This command will check if there is an update waiting on pidgin-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.