Information about the package, dvipdfm, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The dvipdfm package is designed for, A DVI to PDF translator.
Package Name:
dvipdfm
Summary:
A DVI to PDF translator
Description:
DVIPDFM is a DVI to PDF translator developed by Mark A. Wicks.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.13.2d
Release:
41.1.el6
Size:
274 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the dvipdfm package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install dvipdfm
This command will install dvipdfm on the server.
yum remove dvipdfm
This command will un-install dvipdfm on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove dvipdfm, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove dvipdfm
This command will un-install dvipdfm 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 dvipdfm when using the -y flag.
yum update dvipdfm
This command will update dvipdfm to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove dvipdfm, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update dvipdfm
This command will update dvipdfm 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 dvipdfm when using the -y flag.
yum info dvipdfm
This command will show you core information about the dvipdfm package.
yum deplist dvipdfm
This command will show you the dependencies for dvipdfm. 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 dvipdfm
This command will check if there is an update waiting on dvipdfm. 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.