Information about the package, xkeyboard-config, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The xkeyboard-config package is designed for, X Keyboard Extension configuration data.
Package Name:
xkeyboard-config
Summary:
X Keyboard Extension configuration data
Description:
This package contains configuration data used by the X Keyboard Extension (XKB), which allows selection of keyboard layouts when using a graphical interface.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
2.16
Release:
1.el6
Size:
802 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT
Control the xkeyboard-config package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install xkeyboard-config
This command will install xkeyboard-config on the server.
yum remove xkeyboard-config
This command will un-install xkeyboard-config on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove xkeyboard-config, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove xkeyboard-config
This command will un-install xkeyboard-config 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 xkeyboard-config when using the -y flag.
yum update xkeyboard-config
This command will update xkeyboard-config to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove xkeyboard-config, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update xkeyboard-config
This command will update xkeyboard-config 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 xkeyboard-config when using the -y flag.
yum info xkeyboard-config
This command will show you core information about the xkeyboard-config package.
yum deplist xkeyboard-config
This command will show you the dependencies for xkeyboard-config. 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 xkeyboard-config
This command will check if there is an update waiting on xkeyboard-config. 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.