Information about the package, libattr, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libattr package is designed for, Dynamic library for extended attribute support.
Package Name:
libattr
Summary:
Dynamic library for extended attribute support
Description:
This package contains the libattr.so dynamic library which contains the extended attribute system calls and library functions.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.4.44
Release:
7.el6
Size:
18 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
anaconda-CentOS-201303020151.x86_64
Licence:
LGPLv2+
Control the libattr package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libattr
This command will install libattr on the server.
yum remove libattr
This command will un-install libattr on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libattr, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libattr
This command will un-install libattr 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 libattr when using the -y flag.
yum update libattr
This command will update libattr to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libattr, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libattr
This command will update libattr 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 libattr when using the -y flag.
yum info libattr
This command will show you core information about the libattr package.
yum deplist libattr
This command will show you the dependencies for libattr. 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 libattr
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libattr. 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.