Information about the package, glew, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The glew package is designed for, The OpenGL Extension Wrangler Library.
Package Name:
glew
Summary:
The OpenGL Extension Wrangler Library
Description:
The OpenGL Extension Wrangler Library (GLEW) is a cross-platform C/C++ extension loading library. GLEW provides efficient run-time mechanisms for determining which OpenGL extensions are supported on the target platform. OpenGL core and extension functionality is exposed in a single header file. GLEW is available for a variety of operating systems, including Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, Irix, and Solaris.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.5.5
Release:
1.el6
Size:
140 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD and MIT
Control the glew package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install glew
This command will install glew on the server.
yum remove glew
This command will un-install glew on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove glew, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove glew
This command will un-install glew 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 glew when using the -y flag.
yum update glew
This command will update glew to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove glew, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update glew
This command will update glew 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 glew when using the -y flag.
yum info glew
This command will show you core information about the glew package.
yum deplist glew
This command will show you the dependencies for glew. 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 glew
This command will check if there is an update waiting on glew. 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.