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libgnome


Information about the package, libgnome, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libgnome package is designed for, GNOME base library.


Package Name:

libgnome

Summary:

GNOME base library

Description:

GNOME (GNU Network Object Model Environment) is a user-friendly set of GUI applications and desktop tools to be used in conjunction with a window manager for the X Window System. The libgnome package includes non-GUI-related libraries that are needed to run GNOME. The libgnomeui package contains X11-dependent GNOME library features.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

2.28.0

Release:

11.el6

Size:

502 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

LGPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for libgnome


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install libgnome

This command will install libgnome on the server.

yum remove libgnome

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

yum -y remove libgnome

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

yum update libgnome

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

yum -y update libgnome

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

yum info libgnome

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

yum deplist libgnome

This command will show you the dependencies for libgnome. 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 libgnome

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