Information about the package, glibc-static, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The glibc-static package is designed for, C library static libraries for -static linking..
Package Name:
glibc-static
Summary:
C library static libraries for -static linking.
Description:
The glibc-static package contains the C library static libraries for -static linking. You don't need these, unless you link statically, which is highly discouraged.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.12
Release:
1.209.el6_9.2
Size:
6.5 M
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
updates
Licence:
LGPLv2+ and LGPLv2+ with exceptions and GPLv2+
Control the glibc-static package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install glibc-static
This command will install glibc-static on the server.
yum remove glibc-static
This command will un-install glibc-static on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove glibc-static, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove glibc-static
This command will un-install glibc-static 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-static when using the -y flag.
yum update glibc-static
This command will update glibc-static to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove glibc-static, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update glibc-static
This command will update glibc-static 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-static when using the -y flag.
yum info glibc-static
This command will show you core information about the glibc-static package.
yum deplist glibc-static
This command will show you the dependencies for glibc-static. 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-static
This command will check if there is an update waiting on glibc-static. 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.