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libgnat


Information about the package, libgnat, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libgnat package is designed for, GNU Ada 95 runtime shared libraries.


Package Name:

libgnat

Summary:

GNU Ada 95 runtime shared libraries

Description:

GNAT is a GNU Ada 95 front-end to GCC. This package includes shared libraries, which are required to run programs compiled with the GNAT.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

4.4.7

Release:

18.el6_9.2

Size:

911 k

Repository:

updates

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv3+ and GPLv3+ with exceptions and GPLv2+ with exceptions



Handy Yum Commands for libgnat


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install libgnat

This command will install libgnat on the server.

yum remove libgnat

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

yum -y remove libgnat

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

yum update libgnat

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

yum -y update libgnat

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

yum info libgnat

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

yum deplist libgnat

This command will show you the dependencies for libgnat. 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 libgnat

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