Information about the package, libbsd, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libbsd package is designed for, Library providing BSD-compatible functions for portability.
Package Name:
libbsd
Summary:
Library providing BSD-compatible functions for portability
Description:
libbsd provides useful functions commonly found on BSD systems, and lacking on others like GNU systems, thus making it easier to port projects with strong BSD origins, without needing to embed the same code over and over again on each project.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.8.3
Release:
2.el6
Size:
83 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD and ISC and Copyright only and Public Domain
Control the libbsd package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libbsd
This command will install libbsd on the server.
yum remove libbsd
This command will un-install libbsd on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libbsd, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libbsd
This command will un-install libbsd 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 libbsd when using the -y flag.
yum update libbsd
This command will update libbsd to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libbsd, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libbsd
This command will update libbsd 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 libbsd when using the -y flag.
yum info libbsd
This command will show you core information about the libbsd package.
yum deplist libbsd
This command will show you the dependencies for libbsd. 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 libbsd
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libbsd. 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.