Information about the package, distcc, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The distcc package is designed for, Distributed C/C++ compilation.
Package Name:
distcc
Summary:
Distributed C/C++ compilation
URL:
Description:
distcc is a program to distribute compilation of C or C++ code across several machines on a network. distcc should always generate the same results as a local compile, is simple to install and use, and is often two or more times faster than a local compile.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.2rc1
Release:
2.el6
Size:
160 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the distcc package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install distcc
This command will install distcc on the server.
yum remove distcc
This command will un-install distcc on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove distcc, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove distcc
This command will un-install distcc 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 when using the -y flag.
yum update distcc
This command will update distcc to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove distcc, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update distcc
This command will update distcc 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 when using the -y flag.
yum info distcc
This command will show you core information about the distcc package.
yum deplist distcc
This command will show you the dependencies for distcc. 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
This command will check if there is an update waiting on distcc. 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.