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libXinerama


Information about the package, libXinerama, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libXinerama package is designed for, X.Org X11 libXinerama runtime library.


Package Name:

libXinerama

Summary:

X.Org X11 libXinerama runtime library

Description:

X.Org X11 libXinerama runtime library

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.1.3

Release:

2.1.el6

Size:

12 k

Repository:

installed

From Repository:

base

Licence:

MIT



Handy Yum Commands for libXinerama


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install libXinerama

This command will install libXinerama on the server.

yum remove libXinerama

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

yum -y remove libXinerama

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

yum update libXinerama

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

yum -y update libXinerama

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

yum info libXinerama

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

yum deplist libXinerama

This command will show you the dependencies for libXinerama. 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 libXinerama

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