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libss


Information about the package, libss, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libss package is designed for, Command line interface parsing library.


Package Name:

libss

Summary:

Command line interface parsing library

Description:

This is libss, a command line interface parsing library, part of e2fsprogs. This package includes a tool that parses a command table to generate a simple command-line interface parser, the include files needed to compile and use it, and the static libs. It was originally inspired by the Multics SubSystem library.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.41.12

Release:

23.el6

Size:

70 k

Repository:

installed

From Repository:

base

Licence:

MIT



Handy Yum Commands for libss


Control the libss package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install libss

This command will install libss on the server.

yum remove libss

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

yum -y remove libss

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

yum update libss

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

yum -y update libss

This command will update libss 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 libss when using the -y flag.

yum info libss

This command will show you core information about the libss package.

yum deplist libss

This command will show you the dependencies for libss. 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 libss

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