Information about the package, gnome-screensaver, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The gnome-screensaver package is designed for, GNOME Screensaver.
Package Name:
gnome-screensaver
Summary:
GNOME Screensaver
URL:
Description:
gnome-screensaver is a screen saver and locker that aims to have simple, sane, secure defaults and be well integrated with the desktop.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.28.3
Release:
28.el6
Size:
4.3 M
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the gnome-screensaver package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install gnome-screensaver
This command will install gnome-screensaver on the server.
yum remove gnome-screensaver
This command will un-install gnome-screensaver on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gnome-screensaver, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove gnome-screensaver
This command will un-install gnome-screensaver 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 gnome-screensaver when using the -y flag.
yum update gnome-screensaver
This command will update gnome-screensaver to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gnome-screensaver, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update gnome-screensaver
This command will update gnome-screensaver 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 gnome-screensaver when using the -y flag.
yum info gnome-screensaver
This command will show you core information about the gnome-screensaver package.
yum deplist gnome-screensaver
This command will show you the dependencies for gnome-screensaver. 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 gnome-screensaver
This command will check if there is an update waiting on gnome-screensaver. 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.