Information about the package, enscript, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The enscript package is designed for, A plain ASCII to PostScript converter.
Package Name:
enscript
Summary:
A plain ASCII to PostScript converter
Description:
GNU enscript is a free replacement for Adobe's Enscript program. Enscript converts ASCII files to PostScript(TM) and spools generated PostScript output to the specified printer or saves it to a file. Enscript can be extended to handle different output media and includes many options for customizing printouts
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.6.4
Release:
15.el6
Size:
417 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the enscript package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install enscript
This command will install enscript on the server.
yum remove enscript
This command will un-install enscript on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove enscript, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove enscript
This command will un-install enscript 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 enscript when using the -y flag.
yum update enscript
This command will update enscript to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove enscript, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update enscript
This command will update enscript 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 enscript when using the -y flag.
yum info enscript
This command will show you core information about the enscript package.
yum deplist enscript
This command will show you the dependencies for enscript. 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 enscript
This command will check if there is an update waiting on enscript. 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.