Information about the package, disper, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The disper package is designed for, On-the-fly display switch utility.
Package Name:
disper
Summary:
On-the-fly display switch utility
Description:
Disper is an on-the-fly display switch utility. It is intended to be used just before giving a presentation with a laptop, when all one wants is that the beamer, which has just been connected, is able to show whatever you prepared. Disper gives you the option to either clone all detected displays, or extend the desktop to them. Resolutions are automatically detected. For cloning, the highest common resolution supported by all displays is chosen; for extending every display device gets its highest supported resolution. For special setups requiring more detailed control, one can still use the standard display configuration utilities. At the moment nVidia cards are supported, and a basic XRandR backend is in place.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
0.3.1
Release:
2.el6
Size:
118 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv3+
Control the disper package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install disper
This command will install disper on the server.
yum remove disper
This command will un-install disper on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove disper, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove disper
This command will un-install disper 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 disper when using the -y flag.
yum update disper
This command will update disper to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove disper, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update disper
This command will update disper 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 disper when using the -y flag.
yum info disper
This command will show you core information about the disper package.
yum deplist disper
This command will show you the dependencies for disper. 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 disper
This command will check if there is an update waiting on disper. 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.