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flann


Information about the package, flann, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The flann package is designed for, Fast Library for Approximate Nearest Neighbors.


Package Name:

flann

Summary:

Fast Library for Approximate Nearest Neighbors

Description:

FLANN is a library for performing fast approximate nearest neighbor searches in high dimensional spaces. It contains a collection of algorithms found to work best for nearest neighbor search and a system for automatically choosing the best algorithm and optimum parameters depending on the data sets.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.7.1

Release:

1.el6

Size:

845 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

BSD



Handy Yum Commands for flann


Control the flann package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install flann

This command will install flann on the server.

yum remove flann

This command will un-install flann on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove flann, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove flann

This command will un-install flann 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 flann when using the -y flag.

yum update flann

This command will update flann to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove flann, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update flann

This command will update flann 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 flann when using the -y flag.

yum info flann

This command will show you core information about the flann package.

yum deplist flann

This command will show you the dependencies for flann. 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 flann

This command will check if there is an update waiting on flann. 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.