Information about the package, apiextractor, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The apiextractor package is designed for, Library headers parser to extract API information.
Package Name:
apiextractor
Summary:
Library headers parser to extract API information
Description:
The API Extractor library is used by the binding generator to parse headers of a given library and merge this data with information provided by type system (XML) files, resulting in a representation of how the API should be exported to the chosen target language. The generation of source code for the bindings is performed by specific generators using the API Extractor library.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.8.0
Release:
1.el6
Size:
401 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the apiextractor package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install apiextractor
This command will install apiextractor on the server.
yum remove apiextractor
This command will un-install apiextractor on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove apiextractor, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove apiextractor
This command will un-install apiextractor 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 apiextractor when using the -y flag.
yum update apiextractor
This command will update apiextractor to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove apiextractor, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update apiextractor
This command will update apiextractor 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 apiextractor when using the -y flag.
yum info apiextractor
This command will show you core information about the apiextractor package.
yum deplist apiextractor
This command will show you the dependencies for apiextractor. 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 apiextractor
This command will check if there is an update waiting on apiextractor. 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.