Information about the package, glibc-headers, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The glibc-headers package is designed for, Header files for development using standard C libraries..
Package Name:
glibc-headers
Summary:
Header files for development using standard C libraries.
Description:
The glibc-headers package contains the header files necessary for developing programs which use the standard C libraries (which are used by nearly all programs). If you are developing programs which will use the standard C libraries, your system needs to have these standard header files available in order to create the executables. Install glibc-headers if you are going to develop programs which will use the standard C libraries.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.12
Release:
1.209.el6_9.2
Size:
2.0 M
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
updates
Licence:
LGPLv2+ and LGPLv2+ with exceptions and GPLv2+
Control the glibc-headers package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install glibc-headers
This command will install glibc-headers on the server.
yum remove glibc-headers
This command will un-install glibc-headers on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove glibc-headers, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove glibc-headers
This command will un-install glibc-headers 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 glibc-headers when using the -y flag.
yum update glibc-headers
This command will update glibc-headers to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove glibc-headers, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update glibc-headers
This command will update glibc-headers 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 glibc-headers when using the -y flag.
yum info glibc-headers
This command will show you core information about the glibc-headers package.
yum deplist glibc-headers
This command will show you the dependencies for glibc-headers. 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 glibc-headers
This command will check if there is an update waiting on glibc-headers. 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.