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libxshmfence


Information about the package, libxshmfence, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libxshmfence package is designed for, X11 shared memory fences.


Package Name:

libxshmfence

Summary:

X11 shared memory fences

Description:

Shared memory fences for X11, as used in DRI3.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.2

Release:

1.el6

Size:

6.2 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

MIT



Handy Yum Commands for libxshmfence


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install libxshmfence

This command will install libxshmfence on the server.

yum remove libxshmfence

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

yum -y remove libxshmfence

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

yum update libxshmfence

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

yum -y update libxshmfence

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

yum info libxshmfence

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

yum deplist libxshmfence

This command will show you the dependencies for libxshmfence. 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 libxshmfence

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