Information about the package, fontforge, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The fontforge package is designed for, Outline and bitmap font editor.
Package Name:
fontforge
Summary:
Outline and bitmap font editor
Description:
FontForge (former PfaEdit) is a font editor for outline and bitmap fonts. It supports a range of font formats, including PostScript (ASCII and binary Type 1, some Type 3 and Type 0), TrueType, OpenType (Type2) and CID-keyed fonts.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
20090622
Release:
3.1.el6
Size:
6.6 M
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the fontforge package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install fontforge
This command will install fontforge on the server.
yum remove fontforge
This command will un-install fontforge on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove fontforge, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove fontforge
This command will un-install fontforge 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 fontforge when using the -y flag.
yum update fontforge
This command will update fontforge to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove fontforge, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update fontforge
This command will update fontforge 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 fontforge when using the -y flag.
yum info fontforge
This command will show you core information about the fontforge package.
yum deplist fontforge
This command will show you the dependencies for fontforge. 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 fontforge
This command will check if there is an update waiting on fontforge. 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.