Information about the package, cairo, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The cairo package is designed for, A 2D graphics library.
Package Name:
cairo
Summary:
A 2D graphics library
Description:
Cairo is a 2D graphics library designed to provide high-quality display and print output. Currently supported output targets include the X Window System, OpenGL (via glitz), in-memory image buffers, and image files (PDF, PostScript, and SVG). Cairo is designed to produce consistent output on all output media while taking advantage of display hardware acceleration when available (e.g. through the X Render Extension or OpenGL).
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.8.8
Release:
6.el6_6
Size:
779 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
base
Licence:
LGPLv2 or MPLv1.1
Control the cairo package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install cairo
This command will install cairo on the server.
yum remove cairo
This command will un-install cairo on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove cairo, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove cairo
This command will un-install cairo 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 cairo when using the -y flag.
yum update cairo
This command will update cairo to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove cairo, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update cairo
This command will update cairo 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 cairo when using the -y flag.
yum info cairo
This command will show you core information about the cairo package.
yum deplist cairo
This command will show you the dependencies for cairo. 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 cairo
This command will check if there is an update waiting on cairo. 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.