Information about the package, xforms, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The xforms package is designed for, XForms toolkit library.
Package Name:
xforms
Summary:
XForms toolkit library
Description:
XForms is a GUI toolkit based on Xlib for X Window Systems. It features a rich set of objects, such as buttons, sliders, browsers, and menus etc. integrated into an easy and efficient object/event callback execution model that allows fast and easy construction of X-applications. In addition, the library is extensible and new objects can easily be created and added to the library.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.2.4
Release:
5.el6
Size:
455 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+
Control the xforms package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install xforms
This command will install xforms on the server.
yum remove xforms
This command will un-install xforms on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove xforms, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove xforms
This command will un-install xforms 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 xforms when using the -y flag.
yum update xforms
This command will update xforms to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove xforms, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update xforms
This command will update xforms 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 xforms when using the -y flag.
yum info xforms
This command will show you core information about the xforms package.
yum deplist xforms
This command will show you the dependencies for xforms. 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 xforms
This command will check if there is an update waiting on xforms. 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.