Information about the package, compat-xcb-util, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The compat-xcb-util package is designed for, Compatibility libraries atop libxcb.
Package Name:
compat-xcb-util
Summary:
Compatibility libraries atop libxcb
Description:
Compatibility versions of various xcb utility libraries. In RHEL 6.6 and later, newer versions of these libraries are provided in their own source and binary packages.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.4.0
Release:
2.2.el6
Size:
25 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT
Control the compat-xcb-util package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install compat-xcb-util
This command will install compat-xcb-util on the server.
yum remove compat-xcb-util
This command will un-install compat-xcb-util on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove compat-xcb-util, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove compat-xcb-util
This command will un-install compat-xcb-util 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-xcb-util when using the -y flag.
yum update compat-xcb-util
This command will update compat-xcb-util to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove compat-xcb-util, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update compat-xcb-util
This command will update compat-xcb-util 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-xcb-util when using the -y flag.
yum info compat-xcb-util
This command will show you core information about the compat-xcb-util package.
yum deplist compat-xcb-util
This command will show you the dependencies for compat-xcb-util. 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-xcb-util
This command will check if there is an update waiting on compat-xcb-util. 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.