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xpa-libs


Information about the package, xpa-libs, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The xpa-libs package is designed for, The XPA messaging system runtime libraries.


Package Name:

xpa-libs

Summary:

The XPA messaging system runtime libraries

Description:

The XPA messaging system provides seamless communication between many kinds of Unix programs, including X programs and Tcl/Tk programs. This package contains the xpa run-time library

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

2.1.12

Release:

1.el6

Size:

64 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

LGPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for xpa-libs


Control the xpa-libs package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install xpa-libs

This command will install xpa-libs on the server.

yum remove xpa-libs

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

yum -y remove xpa-libs

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

yum update xpa-libs

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

yum -y update xpa-libs

This command will update xpa-libs 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 xpa-libs when using the -y flag.

yum info xpa-libs

This command will show you core information about the xpa-libs package.

yum deplist xpa-libs

This command will show you the dependencies for xpa-libs. 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 xpa-libs

This command will check if there is an update waiting on xpa-libs. 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.