Information about the package, zlib-devel, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The zlib-devel package is designed for, Header files and libraries for Zlib development.
Package Name:
zlib-devel
Summary:
Header files and libraries for Zlib development
Description:
The zlib-devel package contains the header files and libraries needed to develop programs that use the zlib compression and decompression library.
Architecture:
i686
Version:
1.2.3
Release:
29.el6
Size:
44 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
zlib and Boost
Control the zlib-devel package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install zlib-devel
This command will install zlib-devel on the server.
yum remove zlib-devel
This command will un-install zlib-devel on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove zlib-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove zlib-devel
This command will un-install zlib-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 zlib-devel when using the -y flag.
yum update zlib-devel
This command will update zlib-devel to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove zlib-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update zlib-devel
This command will update zlib-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 zlib-devel when using the -y flag.
yum info zlib-devel
This command will show you core information about the zlib-devel package.
yum deplist zlib-devel
This command will show you the dependencies for zlib-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 zlib-devel
This command will check if there is an update waiting on zlib-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.