Information about the package, dpkg-dev, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The dpkg-dev package is designed for, Debian package development tools.
Package Name:
dpkg-dev
Summary:
Debian package development tools
Description:
This package provides the development tools (including dpkg-source). Required to unpack, build and upload Debian source packages
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
1.16.18
Release:
2.el6
Size:
765 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2 and GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+ and Public Domain and BSD
Control the dpkg-dev package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install dpkg-dev
This command will install dpkg-dev on the server.
yum remove dpkg-dev
This command will un-install dpkg-dev on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove dpkg-dev, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove dpkg-dev
This command will un-install dpkg-dev 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 dpkg-dev when using the -y flag.
yum update dpkg-dev
This command will update dpkg-dev to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove dpkg-dev, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update dpkg-dev
This command will update dpkg-dev 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 dpkg-dev when using the -y flag.
yum info dpkg-dev
This command will show you core information about the dpkg-dev package.
yum deplist dpkg-dev
This command will show you the dependencies for dpkg-dev. 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 dpkg-dev
This command will check if there is an update waiting on dpkg-dev. 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.