Information about the package, xxhash-libs, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The xxhash-libs package is designed for, Extremely fast hash algorithm - library.
Package Name:
xxhash-libs
Summary:
Extremely fast hash algorithm - library
Description:
xxHash is an Extremely fast Hash algorithm, running at RAM speed limits. It successfully completes the SMHasher test suite which evaluates collision, dispersion and randomness qualities of hash functions. Code is highly portable, and hashes are identical on all platforms (little / big endian).
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.6.5
Release:
1.el6
Size:
13 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the xxhash-libs package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install xxhash-libs
This command will install xxhash-libs on the server.
yum remove xxhash-libs
This command will un-install xxhash-libs on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove xxhash-libs, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove xxhash-libs
This command will un-install xxhash-libs 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 xxhash-libs when using the -y flag.
yum update xxhash-libs
This command will update xxhash-libs to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove xxhash-libs, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update xxhash-libs
This command will update xxhash-libs 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 xxhash-libs when using the -y flag.
yum info xxhash-libs
This command will show you core information about the xxhash-libs package.
yum deplist xxhash-libs
This command will show you the dependencies for xxhash-libs. 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 xxhash-libs
This command will check if there is an update waiting on xxhash-libs. 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.