Information about the package, svgalib, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The svgalib package is designed for, Low-level fullscreen SVGA graphics library.
Package Name:
svgalib
Summary:
Low-level fullscreen SVGA graphics library
Description:
The svgalib package provides the SVGAlib low-level graphics library for Linux. SVGAlib is a library which allows applications to use full screen graphics on a variety of hardware platforms. Some games and utilities use SVGAlib for their graphics. For details on supported chipsets, see man 7 svgalib (when svgalib is installed).
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.9.25
Release:
14.el6
Size:
413 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
Public Domain
Control the svgalib package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install svgalib
This command will install svgalib on the server.
yum remove svgalib
This command will un-install svgalib on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove svgalib, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove svgalib
This command will un-install svgalib 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 svgalib when using the -y flag.
yum update svgalib
This command will update svgalib to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove svgalib, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update svgalib
This command will update svgalib 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 svgalib when using the -y flag.
yum info svgalib
This command will show you core information about the svgalib package.
yum deplist svgalib
This command will show you the dependencies for svgalib. 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 svgalib
This command will check if there is an update waiting on svgalib. 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.