Information about the package, libnih, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libnih package is designed for, Lightweight application development library.
Package Name:
libnih
Summary:
Lightweight application development library
Description:
libnih is a small library for C application development containing functions that, despite its name, are not implemented elsewhere in the standard library set. libnih is roughly equivalent to other C libraries such as glib, except that its focus is on a small size and intended for applications that sit very low in the software stack, especially outside of /usr.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.0.1
Release:
7.el6
Size:
475 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
anaconda-CentOS-201303020151.x86_64
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the libnih package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libnih
This command will install libnih on the server.
yum remove libnih
This command will un-install libnih on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libnih, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libnih
This command will un-install libnih 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 libnih when using the -y flag.
yum update libnih
This command will update libnih to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libnih, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libnih
This command will update libnih 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 libnih when using the -y flag.
yum info libnih
This command will show you core information about the libnih package.
yum deplist libnih
This command will show you the dependencies for libnih. 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 libnih
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libnih. 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.