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xkeyboard-config


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



Handy Yum Commands for xkeyboard-config


Control the xkeyboard-config package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

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.