Information about the package, libXft-devel, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libXft-devel package is designed for, X.Org X11 libXft development package.
Package Name:
libXft-devel
Summary:
X.Org X11 libXft development package
URL:
Description:
X.Org X11 libXft development package
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.3.2
Release:
1.el6
Size:
19 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT
Control the libXft-devel package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libXft-devel
This command will install libXft-devel on the server.
yum remove libXft-devel
This command will un-install libXft-devel on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libXft-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libXft-devel
This command will un-install libXft-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 libXft-devel when using the -y flag.
yum update libXft-devel
This command will update libXft-devel to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libXft-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libXft-devel
This command will update libXft-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 libXft-devel when using the -y flag.
yum info libXft-devel
This command will show you core information about the libXft-devel package.
yum deplist libXft-devel
This command will show you the dependencies for libXft-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 libXft-devel
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libXft-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.