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imlib


Information about the package, imlib, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The imlib package is designed for, An image loading and rendering library for X11R6.


Package Name:

imlib

Summary:

An image loading and rendering library for X11R6

URL:

Description:

Imlib is a display depth independent image loading and rendering library. Imlib is designed to simplify and speed up the process of loading images and obtaining X Window System drawables. Imlib provides many simple manipulation routines which can be used for common operations. The imlib package also contains the imlib_config program, which you can use to configure the Imlib image loading and rendering library. Imlib_config can be used to control how Imlib uses color and handles gamma corrections, etc.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.9.15

Release:

14.el6

Size:

363 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

LGPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for imlib


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install imlib

This command will install imlib on the server.

yum remove imlib

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

yum -y remove imlib

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

yum update imlib

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

yum -y update imlib

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

yum info imlib

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

yum deplist imlib

This command will show you the dependencies for imlib. 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 imlib

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