Information about the package, distcc-server, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The distcc-server package is designed for, Server for distributed C/C++ compilation.
Package Name:
distcc-server
Summary:
Server for distributed C/C++ compilation
URL:
Description:
This package contains the compilation server needed to use distcc.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.2rc1
Release:
2.el6
Size:
227 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the distcc-server package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install distcc-server
This command will install distcc-server on the server.
yum remove distcc-server
This command will un-install distcc-server on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove distcc-server, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove distcc-server
This command will un-install distcc-server 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 distcc-server when using the -y flag.
yum update distcc-server
This command will update distcc-server to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove distcc-server, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update distcc-server
This command will update distcc-server 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 distcc-server when using the -y flag.
yum info distcc-server
This command will show you core information about the distcc-server package.
yum deplist distcc-server
This command will show you the dependencies for distcc-server. 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 distcc-server
This command will check if there is an update waiting on distcc-server. 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.