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spacenavd


Information about the package, spacenavd, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The spacenavd package is designed for, A free, compatible alternative for 3Dconnexion's input drivers.


Package Name:

spacenavd

Summary:

A free, compatible alternative for 3Dconnexion's input drivers

Description:

Spacenavd, is a free software replacement user-space driver (daemon), for 3Dconnexion's space-something 6dof input devices. It's compatible with the original 3dxsrv proprietary daemon provided by 3Dconnexion, and works perfectly with any program that was written for the 3Dconnexion driver.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

0.5

Release:

4.el6

Size:

28 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv3+



Handy Yum Commands for spacenavd


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install spacenavd

This command will install spacenavd on the server.

yum remove spacenavd

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

yum -y remove spacenavd

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

yum update spacenavd

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

yum -y update spacenavd

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

yum info spacenavd

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

yum deplist spacenavd

This command will show you the dependencies for spacenavd. 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 spacenavd

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