Information about the package, mpage, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The mpage package is designed for, A tool for printing multiple pages of text on each printed page.
Package Name:
mpage
Summary:
A tool for printing multiple pages of text on each printed page
Description:
The mpage utility takes plain text files or PostScript(TM) documents as input, reduces the size of the text, and prints the files on a PostScript printer with several pages on each sheet of paper. Mpage is very useful for viewing large printouts without using up lots of paper. Mpage supports many different layout options for the printed pages.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.5.6
Release:
8.el6.1
Size:
61 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the mpage package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install mpage
This command will install mpage on the server.
yum remove mpage
This command will un-install mpage on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove mpage, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove mpage
This command will un-install mpage 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 mpage when using the -y flag.
yum update mpage
This command will update mpage to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove mpage, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update mpage
This command will update mpage 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 mpage when using the -y flag.
yum info mpage
This command will show you core information about the mpage package.
yum deplist mpage
This command will show you the dependencies for mpage. 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 mpage
This command will check if there is an update waiting on mpage. 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.