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libwnck


Information about the package, libwnck, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libwnck package is designed for, Window Navigator Construction Kit.


Package Name:

libwnck

Summary:

Window Navigator Construction Kit

Description:

libwnck (pronounced "libwink") is used to implement pagers, tasklists, and other such things. It allows applications to monitor information about open windows, workspaces, their names/icons, and so forth.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

2.28.0

Release:

3.el6

Size:

334 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

LGPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for libwnck


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install libwnck

This command will install libwnck on the server.

yum remove libwnck

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

yum -y remove libwnck

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

yum update libwnck

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

yum -y update libwnck

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

yum info libwnck

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

yum deplist libwnck

This command will show you the dependencies for libwnck. 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 libwnck

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