Information about the package, swig, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The swig package is designed for, Connects C/C++/Objective C to some high-level programming.
Package Name:
swig
Summary:
Connects C/C++/Objective C to some high-level programming
Description:
Simplified Wrapper and Interface Generator (SWIG) is a software development tool for connecting C, C++ and Objective C programs with a variety of high-level programming languages. SWIG is primarily used with Perl, Python and Tcl/TK, but it has also been extended to Java, Eiffel and Guile. SWIG is normally used to create high-level interpreted programming environments, systems integration, and as a tool for building user interfaces
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.3.40
Release:
6.el6
Size:
1.1 M
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+ and BSD
Control the swig package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install swig
This command will install swig on the server.
yum remove swig
This command will un-install swig on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove swig, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove swig
This command will un-install swig 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 swig when using the -y flag.
yum update swig
This command will update swig to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove swig, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update swig
This command will update swig 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 swig when using the -y flag.
yum info swig
This command will show you core information about the swig package.
yum deplist swig
This command will show you the dependencies for swig. 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 swig
This command will check if there is an update waiting on swig. 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.