Information about the package, apr, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The apr package is designed for, Apache Portable Runtime library.
Package Name:
apr
Summary:
Apache Portable Runtime library
Description:
The mission of the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) is to provide a free library of C data structures and routines, forming a system portability layer to as many operating systems as possible, including Unices, MS Win32, BeOS and OS/2.
Architecture:
i686
Version:
1.3.9
Release:
5.el6_9.1
Size:
129 k
Repository:
updates
From Repository:
Licence:
ASL 2.0
Control the apr package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install apr
This command will install apr on the server.
yum remove apr
This command will un-install apr on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove apr, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove apr
This command will un-install apr 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 apr when using the -y flag.
yum update apr
This command will update apr to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove apr, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update apr
This command will update apr 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 apr when using the -y flag.
yum info apr
This command will show you core information about the apr package.
yum deplist apr
This command will show you the dependencies for apr. 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 apr
This command will check if there is an update waiting on apr. 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.