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openmotif


Information about the package, openmotif, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The openmotif package is designed for, Open Motif runtime libraries and executables.


Package Name:

openmotif

Summary:

Open Motif runtime libraries and executables

Description:

This is the Open Motif 2.3.3 runtime environment. It includes the Motif shared libraries, needed to run applications which are dynamically linked against Motif and the Motif Window Manager "mwm".

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

2.3.3

Release:

9.el6

Size:

1.4 M

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

Open Group Public License



Handy Yum Commands for openmotif


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install openmotif

This command will install openmotif on the server.

yum remove openmotif

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

yum -y remove openmotif

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

yum update openmotif

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

yum -y update openmotif

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

yum info openmotif

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

yum deplist openmotif

This command will show you the dependencies for openmotif. 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 openmotif

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