Information about the package, shapelib, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The shapelib package is designed for, API in "C" for Shapefile handling.
Package Name:
shapelib
Summary:
API in "C" for Shapefile handling
Description:
The Shapefile C Library provides the ability to write simple C programs for reading, writing and updating (to a limited extent) ESRI Shapefiles, and the associated attribute file (.dbf).
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.2.10
Release:
21.20060304cvs
Size:
122 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+ or MIT
Control the shapelib package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install shapelib
This command will install shapelib on the server.
yum remove shapelib
This command will un-install shapelib on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove shapelib, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove shapelib
This command will un-install shapelib 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 shapelib when using the -y flag.
yum update shapelib
This command will update shapelib to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove shapelib, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update shapelib
This command will update shapelib 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 shapelib when using the -y flag.
yum info shapelib
This command will show you core information about the shapelib package.
yum deplist shapelib
This command will show you the dependencies for shapelib. 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 shapelib
This command will check if there is an update waiting on shapelib. 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.