Information about the package, xfdesktop, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The xfdesktop package is designed for, Desktop manager for the XFce Desktop Environment.
Package Name:
xfdesktop
Summary:
Desktop manager for the XFce Desktop Environment
URL:
Description:
This package includes a desktop manager for the XFce Desktop Environment.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
4.8.2
Release:
2.el6
Size:
2.0 M
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the xfdesktop package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install xfdesktop
This command will install xfdesktop on the server.
yum remove xfdesktop
This command will un-install xfdesktop on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove xfdesktop, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove xfdesktop
This command will un-install xfdesktop 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 xfdesktop when using the -y flag.
yum update xfdesktop
This command will update xfdesktop to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove xfdesktop, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update xfdesktop
This command will update xfdesktop 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 xfdesktop when using the -y flag.
yum info xfdesktop
This command will show you core information about the xfdesktop package.
yum deplist xfdesktop
This command will show you the dependencies for xfdesktop. 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 xfdesktop
This command will check if there is an update waiting on xfdesktop. 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.