Information about the package, yap, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The yap package is designed for, High-performance Prolog Compiler.
Package Name:
yap
Summary:
High-performance Prolog Compiler
Description:
A high-performance Prolog compiler developed at LIACC, Universidade do Porto. The Prolog engine is based in the WAM (Warren Abstract Machine), with several optimizations for better performance. YAP follows the Edinburgh tradition, and is largely compatible with the ISO-Prolog standard and with Quintus and SICStus Prolog.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
5.1.3
Release:
2.1.el6
Size:
1.3 M
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
Artistic 2.0 or LGPLv2+
Control the yap package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install yap
This command will install yap on the server.
yum remove yap
This command will un-install yap on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove yap, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove yap
This command will un-install yap 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 yap when using the -y flag.
yum update yap
This command will update yap to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove yap, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update yap
This command will update yap 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 yap when using the -y flag.
yum info yap
This command will show you core information about the yap package.
yum deplist yap
This command will show you the dependencies for yap. 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 yap
This command will check if there is an update waiting on yap. 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.