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mesa-libGL


Information about the package, mesa-libGL, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The mesa-libGL package is designed for, Mesa libGL runtime libraries and DRI drivers.


Package Name:

mesa-libGL

Summary:

Mesa libGL runtime libraries and DRI drivers

Description:

Mesa libGL runtime library.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

11.0.7

Release:

4.el6

Size:

142 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

MIT



Handy Yum Commands for mesa-libGL


Control the mesa-libGL package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install mesa-libGL

This command will install mesa-libGL on the server.

yum remove mesa-libGL

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

yum -y remove mesa-libGL

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

yum update mesa-libGL

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

yum -y update mesa-libGL

This command will update mesa-libGL 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 mesa-libGL when using the -y flag.

yum info mesa-libGL

This command will show you core information about the mesa-libGL package.

yum deplist mesa-libGL

This command will show you the dependencies for mesa-libGL. 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 mesa-libGL

This command will check if there is an update waiting on mesa-libGL. 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.