Information about the package, libxcb, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libxcb package is designed for, A C binding to the X11 protocol.
Package Name:
libxcb
Summary:
A C binding to the X11 protocol
Description:
The X protocol C-language Binding (XCB) is a replacement for Xlib featuring a small footprint, latency hiding, direct access to the protocol, improved threading support, and extensibility.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.12
Release:
4.el6
Size:
866 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
base
Licence:
MIT
Control the libxcb package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libxcb
This command will install libxcb on the server.
yum remove libxcb
This command will un-install libxcb on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libxcb, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libxcb
This command will un-install libxcb 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 libxcb when using the -y flag.
yum update libxcb
This command will update libxcb to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libxcb, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libxcb
This command will update libxcb 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 libxcb when using the -y flag.
yum info libxcb
This command will show you core information about the libxcb package.
yum deplist libxcb
This command will show you the dependencies for libxcb. 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 libxcb
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libxcb. 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.