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avahi-libs


Information about the package, avahi-libs, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The avahi-libs package is designed for, Libraries for avahi run-time use.


Package Name:

avahi-libs

Summary:

Libraries for avahi run-time use

Description:

The avahi-libs package contains the libraries needed to run programs that use avahi.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

0.6.25

Release:

17.el6

Size:

112 k

Repository:

installed

From Repository:

base

Licence:

LGPLv2



Handy Yum Commands for avahi-libs


Control the avahi-libs package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install avahi-libs

This command will install avahi-libs on the server.

yum remove avahi-libs

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

yum -y remove avahi-libs

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

yum update avahi-libs

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

yum -y update avahi-libs

This command will update avahi-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 avahi-libs when using the -y flag.

yum info avahi-libs

This command will show you core information about the avahi-libs package.

yum deplist avahi-libs

This command will show you the dependencies for avahi-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 avahi-libs

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