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libdwarf


Information about the package, libdwarf, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libdwarf package is designed for, Library to access the DWARF Debugging file format.


Package Name:

libdwarf

Summary:

Library to access the DWARF Debugging file format

Description:

Library to access the DWARF debugging file format which supports source level debugging of a number of procedural languages, such as C, C++, and Fortran. Please see http://www.dwarfstd.org for DWARF specification.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

20140413

Release:

1.el6

Size:

108 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

LGPLv2



Handy Yum Commands for libdwarf


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install libdwarf

This command will install libdwarf on the server.

yum remove libdwarf

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

yum -y remove libdwarf

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

yum update libdwarf

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

yum -y update libdwarf

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

yum info libdwarf

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

yum deplist libdwarf

This command will show you the dependencies for libdwarf. 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 libdwarf

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