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libgcrypt-devel


Information about the package, libgcrypt-devel, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libgcrypt-devel package is designed for, Development files for the libgcrypt package.


Package Name:

libgcrypt-devel

Summary:

Development files for the libgcrypt package

Description:

Libgcrypt is a general purpose crypto library based on the code used in GNU Privacy Guard. This package contains files needed to develop applications using libgcrypt.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.4.5

Release:

12.el6_8

Size:

202 k

Repository:

installed

From Repository:

updates

Licence:

LGPLv2+ and GPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for libgcrypt-devel


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install libgcrypt-devel

This command will install libgcrypt-devel on the server.

yum remove libgcrypt-devel

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

yum -y remove libgcrypt-devel

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

yum update libgcrypt-devel

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

yum -y update libgcrypt-devel

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

yum info libgcrypt-devel

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

yum deplist libgcrypt-devel

This command will show you the dependencies for libgcrypt-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 libgcrypt-devel

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