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Pixie


Information about the package, Pixie, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The Pixie package is designed for, 3D renderer Renderman compliant.


Package Name:

Pixie

Summary:

3D renderer Renderman compliant

Description:

Pixie is a RenderMan like photorealistic renderer. It is being developed in the hope that it will be useful for graphics research and for people who can not afford a commercial renderer.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

2.2.6

Release:

3.el6

Size:

1.5 M

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

LGPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for Pixie


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install Pixie

This command will install Pixie on the server.

yum remove Pixie

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

yum -y remove Pixie

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

yum update Pixie

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

yum -y update Pixie

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

yum info Pixie

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

yum deplist Pixie

This command will show you the dependencies for Pixie. 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 Pixie

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