Information about the package, popt-static, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The popt-static package is designed for, Static library for parsing command line parameters.
Package Name:
popt-static
Summary:
Static library for parsing command line parameters
URL:
Description:
The popt-static package includes static libraries of the popt library. Install it if you need to link statically with libpopt.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.13
Release:
7.el6
Size:
21 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT
Control the popt-static package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install popt-static
This command will install popt-static on the server.
yum remove popt-static
This command will un-install popt-static on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove popt-static, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove popt-static
This command will un-install popt-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 popt-static when using the -y flag.
yum update popt-static
This command will update popt-static to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove popt-static, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update popt-static
This command will update popt-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 popt-static when using the -y flag.
yum info popt-static
This command will show you core information about the popt-static package.
yum deplist popt-static
This command will show you the dependencies for popt-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 popt-static
This command will check if there is an update waiting on popt-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.