Information about the package, matchbox-window-manager, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The matchbox-window-manager package is designed for, Window manager for the Matchbox Desktop.
Package Name:
matchbox-window-manager
Summary:
Window manager for the Matchbox Desktop
Description:
Matchbox is a base environment for the X Window System running on non-desktop embedded platforms such as handhelds, set-top boxes, kiosks and anything else for which screen space, input mechanisms or system resources are limited. This package contains the window manager from Matchbox.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.2
Release:
6.20070628svn.1.el6
Size:
97 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the matchbox-window-manager package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install matchbox-window-manager
This command will install matchbox-window-manager on the server.
yum remove matchbox-window-manager
This command will un-install matchbox-window-manager on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove matchbox-window-manager, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove matchbox-window-manager
This command will un-install matchbox-window-manager 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 matchbox-window-manager when using the -y flag.
yum update matchbox-window-manager
This command will update matchbox-window-manager to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove matchbox-window-manager, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update matchbox-window-manager
This command will update matchbox-window-manager 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 matchbox-window-manager when using the -y flag.
yum info matchbox-window-manager
This command will show you core information about the matchbox-window-manager package.
yum deplist matchbox-window-manager
This command will show you the dependencies for matchbox-window-manager. 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 matchbox-window-manager
This command will check if there is an update waiting on matchbox-window-manager. 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.