Information about the package, compat-libxcb, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The compat-libxcb package is designed for, A C binding to the X11 protocol.
Package Name:
compat-libxcb
Summary:
A C binding to the X11 protocol
Description:
The X protocol C-language Binding (XCB) is a replacement for Xlib featuring a small footprint, latency hiding, direct access to the protocol, improved threading support, and extensibility.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.9
Release:
0.1.el6
Size:
10 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT
Control the compat-libxcb package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install compat-libxcb
This command will install compat-libxcb on the server.
yum remove compat-libxcb
This command will un-install compat-libxcb on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove compat-libxcb, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove compat-libxcb
This command will un-install compat-libxcb 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 compat-libxcb when using the -y flag.
yum update compat-libxcb
This command will update compat-libxcb to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove compat-libxcb, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update compat-libxcb
This command will update compat-libxcb 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 compat-libxcb when using the -y flag.
yum info compat-libxcb
This command will show you core information about the compat-libxcb package.
yum deplist compat-libxcb
This command will show you the dependencies for compat-libxcb. 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 compat-libxcb
This command will check if there is an update waiting on compat-libxcb. 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.