Information about the package, libcurl, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libcurl package is designed for, A library for getting files from web servers.
Package Name:
libcurl
Summary:
A library for getting files from web servers
URL:
Description:
This package provides a way for applications to use FTP, HTTP, Gopher and other servers for getting files.
Architecture:
i686
Version:
7.19.7
Release:
53.el6_9
Size:
176 k
Repository:
updates
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT
Control the libcurl package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libcurl
This command will install libcurl on the server.
yum remove libcurl
This command will un-install libcurl on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libcurl, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libcurl
This command will un-install libcurl 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 libcurl when using the -y flag.
yum update libcurl
This command will update libcurl to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libcurl, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libcurl
This command will update libcurl 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 libcurl when using the -y flag.
yum info libcurl
This command will show you core information about the libcurl package.
yum deplist libcurl
This command will show you the dependencies for libcurl. 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 libcurl
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libcurl. 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.