Information about the package, pkgconfig, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The pkgconfig package is designed for, A tool for determining compilation options.
Package Name:
pkgconfig
Summary:
A tool for determining compilation options
Description:
The pkgconfig tool determines compilation options. For each required library, it reads the configuration file and outputs the necessary compiler and linker flags.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.23
Release:
9.1.el6
Size:
137 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
base
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the pkgconfig package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install pkgconfig
This command will install pkgconfig on the server.
yum remove pkgconfig
This command will un-install pkgconfig on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pkgconfig, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove pkgconfig
This command will un-install pkgconfig 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 pkgconfig when using the -y flag.
yum update pkgconfig
This command will update pkgconfig to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pkgconfig, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update pkgconfig
This command will update pkgconfig 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 pkgconfig when using the -y flag.
yum info pkgconfig
This command will show you core information about the pkgconfig package.
yum deplist pkgconfig
This command will show you the dependencies for pkgconfig. 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 pkgconfig
This command will check if there is an update waiting on pkgconfig. 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.