Information about the package, libXfont, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libXfont package is designed for, X.Org X11 libXfont runtime library.
Package Name:
libXfont
Summary:
X.Org X11 libXfont runtime library
URL:
Description:
X.Org X11 libXfont runtime library
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.5.1
Release:
2.el6
Size:
328 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
base
Licence:
MIT
Control the libXfont package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libXfont
This command will install libXfont on the server.
yum remove libXfont
This command will un-install libXfont on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libXfont, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libXfont
This command will un-install libXfont 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 libXfont when using the -y flag.
yum update libXfont
This command will update libXfont to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libXfont, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libXfont
This command will update libXfont 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 libXfont when using the -y flag.
yum info libXfont
This command will show you core information about the libXfont package.
yum deplist libXfont
This command will show you the dependencies for libXfont. 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 libXfont
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libXfont. 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.