Information about the package, gnome-session, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The gnome-session package is designed for, GNOME session manager.
Package Name:
gnome-session
Summary:
GNOME session manager
URL:
Description:
gnome-session manages a GNOME desktop or GDM login session. It starts up the other core GNOME components and handles logout and saving the session.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.28.0
Release:
24.el6
Size:
440 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the gnome-session package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install gnome-session
This command will install gnome-session on the server.
yum remove gnome-session
This command will un-install gnome-session on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gnome-session, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove gnome-session
This command will un-install gnome-session 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-session when using the -y flag.
yum update gnome-session
This command will update gnome-session to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gnome-session, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update gnome-session
This command will update gnome-session 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-session when using the -y flag.
yum info gnome-session
This command will show you core information about the gnome-session package.
yum deplist gnome-session
This command will show you the dependencies for gnome-session. 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-session
This command will check if there is an update waiting on gnome-session. 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.