Information about the package, xorg-x11-drivers, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The xorg-x11-drivers package is designed for, X.Org X11 driver installation package.
Package Name:
xorg-x11-drivers
Summary:
X.Org X11 driver installation package
Description:
The purpose of this package is to require all of the individual X.Org driver rpms, to allow the OS installation software to install all drivers all at once, without having to track which individual drivers are present on each architecture. By installing this package, it forces all of the individual driver packages to be installed.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
7.3
Release:
13.4.el6
Size:
7.9 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT
Control the xorg-x11-drivers package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install xorg-x11-drivers
This command will install xorg-x11-drivers on the server.
yum remove xorg-x11-drivers
This command will un-install xorg-x11-drivers on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove xorg-x11-drivers, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove xorg-x11-drivers
This command will un-install xorg-x11-drivers 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 xorg-x11-drivers when using the -y flag.
yum update xorg-x11-drivers
This command will update xorg-x11-drivers to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove xorg-x11-drivers, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update xorg-x11-drivers
This command will update xorg-x11-drivers 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 xorg-x11-drivers when using the -y flag.
yum info xorg-x11-drivers
This command will show you core information about the xorg-x11-drivers package.
yum deplist xorg-x11-drivers
This command will show you the dependencies for xorg-x11-drivers. 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 xorg-x11-drivers
This command will check if there is an update waiting on xorg-x11-drivers. 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.