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libXext-devel


Information about the package, libXext-devel, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libXext-devel package is designed for, X.Org X11 libXext development package.


Package Name:

libXext-devel

Summary:

X.Org X11 libXext development package

Description:

X.Org X11 libXext development package

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.3.3

Release:

1.el6

Size:

75 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

MIT



Handy Yum Commands for libXext-devel


Control the libXext-devel package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install libXext-devel

This command will install libXext-devel on the server.

yum remove libXext-devel

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

yum -y remove libXext-devel

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

yum update libXext-devel

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

yum -y update libXext-devel

This command will update libXext-devel 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 libXext-devel when using the -y flag.

yum info libXext-devel

This command will show you core information about the libXext-devel package.

yum deplist libXext-devel

This command will show you the dependencies for libXext-devel. 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 libXext-devel

This command will check if there is an update waiting on libXext-devel. 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.