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libglvnd


Information about the package, libglvnd, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libglvnd package is designed for, The GL Vendor-Neutral Dispatch library.


Package Name:

libglvnd

Summary:

The GL Vendor-Neutral Dispatch library

Description:

libglvnd is an implementation of the vendor-neutral dispatch layer for arbitrating OpenGL API calls between multiple vendors on a per-screen basis.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.0.0

Release:

1.el6

Size:

59 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

MIT



Handy Yum Commands for libglvnd


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install libglvnd

This command will install libglvnd on the server.

yum remove libglvnd

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

yum -y remove libglvnd

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

yum update libglvnd

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

yum -y update libglvnd

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

yum info libglvnd

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

yum deplist libglvnd

This command will show you the dependencies for libglvnd. 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 libglvnd

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