Information about the package, texinfo, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The texinfo package is designed for, Tools needed to create Texinfo format documentation files.
Package Name:
texinfo
Summary:
Tools needed to create Texinfo format documentation files
Description:
Texinfo is a documentation system that can produce both online information and printed output from a single source file. The GNU Project uses the Texinfo file format for most of its documentation. Install texinfo if you want a documentation system for producing both online and print documentation from the same source file and/or if you are going to write documentation for the GNU Project.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
4.13a
Release:
8.el6
Size:
668 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv3+
Control the texinfo package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install texinfo
This command will install texinfo on the server.
yum remove texinfo
This command will un-install texinfo on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove texinfo, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove texinfo
This command will un-install texinfo 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 texinfo when using the -y flag.
yum update texinfo
This command will update texinfo to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove texinfo, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update texinfo
This command will update texinfo 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 texinfo when using the -y flag.
yum info texinfo
This command will show you core information about the texinfo package.
yum deplist texinfo
This command will show you the dependencies for texinfo. 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 texinfo
This command will check if there is an update waiting on texinfo. 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.