Information about the package, libXcomposite, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libXcomposite package is designed for, X Composite Extension library.
Package Name:
libXcomposite
Summary:
X Composite Extension library
URL:
Description:
X Composite Extension library
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.4.3
Release:
4.el6
Size:
31 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
base
Licence:
MIT
Control the libXcomposite package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libXcomposite
This command will install libXcomposite on the server.
yum remove libXcomposite
This command will un-install libXcomposite on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libXcomposite, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libXcomposite
This command will un-install libXcomposite 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 libXcomposite when using the -y flag.
yum update libXcomposite
This command will update libXcomposite to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libXcomposite, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libXcomposite
This command will update libXcomposite 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 libXcomposite when using the -y flag.
yum info libXcomposite
This command will show you core information about the libXcomposite package.
yum deplist libXcomposite
This command will show you the dependencies for libXcomposite. 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 libXcomposite
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libXcomposite. 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.