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libvncserver


Information about the package, libvncserver, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libvncserver package is designed for, Library to make writing a vnc server easy.


Package Name:

libvncserver

Summary:

Library to make writing a vnc server easy

Description:

LibVNCServer makes writing a VNC server (or more correctly, a program exporting a framebuffer via the Remote Frame Buffer protocol) easy. It hides the programmer from the tedious task of managing clients and compression schemata.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

0.9.7

Release:

7.el6_6.1

Size:

159 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for libvncserver


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install libvncserver

This command will install libvncserver on the server.

yum remove libvncserver

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

yum -y remove libvncserver

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

yum update libvncserver

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

yum -y update libvncserver

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

yum info libvncserver

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

yum deplist libvncserver

This command will show you the dependencies for libvncserver. 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 libvncserver

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