Information about the package, gamin, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The gamin package is designed for, Library providing the FAM File Alteration Monitor API.
Package Name:
gamin
Summary:
Library providing the FAM File Alteration Monitor API
Description:
This C library provides an API and ABI compatible file alteration monitor mechanism compatible with FAM but not dependent on a system wide daemon.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.1.10
Release:
9.el6
Size:
407 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
anaconda-CentOS-201303020151.x86_64
Licence:
LGPLv2
Control the gamin package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install gamin
This command will install gamin on the server.
yum remove gamin
This command will un-install gamin on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gamin, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove gamin
This command will un-install gamin 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 gamin when using the -y flag.
yum update gamin
This command will update gamin to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gamin, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update gamin
This command will update gamin 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 gamin when using the -y flag.
yum info gamin
This command will show you core information about the gamin package.
yum deplist gamin
This command will show you the dependencies for gamin. 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 gamin
This command will check if there is an update waiting on gamin. 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.