Information about the package, SDL_net, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The SDL_net package is designed for, SDL portable network library.
Package Name:
SDL_net
Summary:
SDL portable network library
Description:
This is a portable network library for use with SDL.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.2.7
Release:
7.el6
Size:
23 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+
Control the SDL_net package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install SDL_net
This command will install SDL_net on the server.
yum remove SDL_net
This command will un-install SDL_net on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove SDL_net, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove SDL_net
This command will un-install SDL_net 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 SDL_net when using the -y flag.
yum update SDL_net
This command will update SDL_net to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove SDL_net, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update SDL_net
This command will update SDL_net 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 SDL_net when using the -y flag.
yum info SDL_net
This command will show you core information about the SDL_net package.
yum deplist SDL_net
This command will show you the dependencies for SDL_net. 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 SDL_net
This command will check if there is an update waiting on SDL_net. 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.