Information about the package, xbacklight, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The xbacklight package is designed for, Adjust backlight brightness using RandR.
Package Name:
xbacklight
Summary:
Adjust backlight brightness using RandR
Description:
Xbacklight is used to adjust the backlight brightness where supported. It finds all outputs on the X server supporting backlight brightness control and changes them all in the same way.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.2.1
Release:
1.el6
Size:
15 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT
Control the xbacklight package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install xbacklight
This command will install xbacklight on the server.
yum remove xbacklight
This command will un-install xbacklight on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove xbacklight, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove xbacklight
This command will un-install xbacklight 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 xbacklight when using the -y flag.
yum update xbacklight
This command will update xbacklight to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove xbacklight, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update xbacklight
This command will update xbacklight 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 xbacklight when using the -y flag.
yum info xbacklight
This command will show you core information about the xbacklight package.
yum deplist xbacklight
This command will show you the dependencies for xbacklight. 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 xbacklight
This command will check if there is an update waiting on xbacklight. 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.