Information about the package, libXau, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libXau package is designed for, Sample Authorization Protocol for X.
Package Name:
libXau
Summary:
Sample Authorization Protocol for X
URL:
Description:
This is a very simple mechanism for providing individual access to an X Window System display.It uses existing core protocol and library hooks for specifying authorization data in the connection setup block to restrict use of the display to only those clients that show that they know a server-specific key called a "magic cookie".
Architecture:
i686
Version:
1.0.6
Release:
4.el6
Size:
24 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT
Control the libXau package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libXau
This command will install libXau on the server.
yum remove libXau
This command will un-install libXau on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libXau, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libXau
This command will un-install libXau 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 libXau when using the -y flag.
yum update libXau
This command will update libXau to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libXau, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libXau
This command will update libXau 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 libXau when using the -y flag.
yum info libXau
This command will show you core information about the libXau package.
yum deplist libXau
This command will show you the dependencies for libXau. 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 libXau
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libXau. 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.