Information about the package, libidn, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libidn package is designed for, Internationalized Domain Name support library.
Package Name:
libidn
Summary:
Internationalized Domain Name support library
Description:
GNU Libidn is an implementation of the Stringprep, Punycode and IDNA specifications defined by the IETF Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) working group, used for internationalized domain names.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.18
Release:
2.el6
Size:
554 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
anaconda-CentOS-201303020151.x86_64
Licence:
LGPLv2+ and GPLv3+ and GFDL
Control the libidn package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libidn
This command will install libidn on the server.
yum remove libidn
This command will un-install libidn on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libidn, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libidn
This command will un-install libidn 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 libidn when using the -y flag.
yum update libidn
This command will update libidn to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libidn, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libidn
This command will update libidn 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 libidn when using the -y flag.
yum info libidn
This command will show you core information about the libidn package.
yum deplist libidn
This command will show you the dependencies for libidn. 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 libidn
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libidn. 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.