Information about the package, kBuild, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The kBuild package is designed for, A cross-platform build environment.
Package Name:
kBuild
Summary:
A cross-platform build environment
Description:
This is a GNU make fork with a set of scripts to simplify complex tasks and portable versions of various UNIX tools to ensure cross-platform portability. It is used mainly to build VirtualBox OSE packages for RPM Fusion repository.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.1.9998
Release:
10.r2814.el6
Size:
704 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD and GPLv2+
Control the kBuild package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install kBuild
This command will install kBuild on the server.
yum remove kBuild
This command will un-install kBuild on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove kBuild, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove kBuild
This command will un-install kBuild 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 kBuild when using the -y flag.
yum update kBuild
This command will update kBuild to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove kBuild, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update kBuild
This command will update kBuild 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 kBuild when using the -y flag.
yum info kBuild
This command will show you core information about the kBuild package.
yum deplist kBuild
This command will show you the dependencies for kBuild. 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 kBuild
This command will check if there is an update waiting on kBuild. 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.