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wildmagic5


Information about the package, wildmagic5, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The wildmagic5 package is designed for, Wild Magic libraries.


Package Name:

wildmagic5

Summary:

Wild Magic libraries

Description:

A library of source code for computing in the fields of graphics, mathematics, physics, and image analysis. Web page documentation: geometrictools.com/Documentation/Documentation.html

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

5.17

Release:

1.el6

Size:

1.8 M

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

Boost



Handy Yum Commands for wildmagic5


Control the wildmagic5 package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install wildmagic5

This command will install wildmagic5 on the server.

yum remove wildmagic5

This command will un-install wildmagic5 on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove wildmagic5, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove wildmagic5

This command will un-install wildmagic5 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 wildmagic5 when using the -y flag.

yum update wildmagic5

This command will update wildmagic5 to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove wildmagic5, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update wildmagic5

This command will update wildmagic5 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 wildmagic5 when using the -y flag.

yum info wildmagic5

This command will show you core information about the wildmagic5 package.

yum deplist wildmagic5

This command will show you the dependencies for wildmagic5. 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 wildmagic5

This command will check if there is an update waiting on wildmagic5. 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.