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perl-Font-TTF


Information about the package, perl-Font-TTF, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-Font-TTF package is designed for, Perl library for modifying TTF font files.


Package Name:

perl-Font-TTF

Summary:

Perl library for modifying TTF font files

Description:

Perl module for TrueType font hacking. Supports reading, processing and writing of the following tables: GDEF, GPOS, GSUB, LTSH, OS/2, PCLT, bsln, cmap, cvt, fdsc, feat, fpgm, glyf, hdmx, head, hhea, hmtx, kern, loca, maxp, mort, name, post, prep, prop, vhea, vmtx and the reading and writing of all other table types. In short, you can do almost anything with a standard TrueType font with this module.

Architecture:

noarch

Version:

0.45

Release:

6.el6

Size:

314 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

Artistic 2.0



Handy Yum Commands for perl-Font-TTF


Control the perl-Font-TTF package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install perl-Font-TTF

This command will install perl-Font-TTF on the server.

yum remove perl-Font-TTF

This command will un-install perl-Font-TTF on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-Font-TTF, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove perl-Font-TTF

This command will un-install perl-Font-TTF 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 perl-Font-TTF when using the -y flag.

yum update perl-Font-TTF

This command will update perl-Font-TTF to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-Font-TTF, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update perl-Font-TTF

This command will update perl-Font-TTF 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 perl-Font-TTF when using the -y flag.

yum info perl-Font-TTF

This command will show you core information about the perl-Font-TTF package.

yum deplist perl-Font-TTF

This command will show you the dependencies for perl-Font-TTF. 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 perl-Font-TTF

This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-Font-TTF. 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.