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expat-devel


Information about the package, expat-devel, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The expat-devel package is designed for, Libraries and header files to develop applications using expat.


Package Name:

expat-devel

Summary:

Libraries and header files to develop applications using expat

Description:

The expat-devel package contains the libraries, include files and documentation to develop XML applications with expat.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

2.0.1

Release:

13.el6_8

Size:

476 k

Repository:

installed

From Repository:

updates

Licence:

MIT



Handy Yum Commands for expat-devel


Control the expat-devel package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install expat-devel

This command will install expat-devel on the server.

yum remove expat-devel

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

yum -y remove expat-devel

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

yum update expat-devel

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

yum -y update expat-devel

This command will update expat-devel 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 expat-devel when using the -y flag.

yum info expat-devel

This command will show you core information about the expat-devel package.

yum deplist expat-devel

This command will show you the dependencies for expat-devel. 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 expat-devel

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