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cups-pdf


Information about the package, cups-pdf, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The cups-pdf package is designed for, Extension for creating pdf-Files with CUPS.


Package Name:

cups-pdf

Summary:

Extension for creating pdf-Files with CUPS

Description:

"cups-pdf" is a backend script for use with CUPS - the "Common UNIX Printing System" (see more for CUPS under http://www.cups.org/). "cups-pdf" uses the ghostscript pdfwrite device to produce PDF Files. This version has been modified to store the PDF files on the Desktop of the user. This behavior can be changed by editing the configuration file.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

2.6.1

Release:

4.el6

Size:

46 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for cups-pdf


Control the cups-pdf package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install cups-pdf

This command will install cups-pdf on the server.

yum remove cups-pdf

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

yum -y remove cups-pdf

This command will un-install cups-pdf 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 cups-pdf when using the -y flag.

yum update cups-pdf

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

yum -y update cups-pdf

This command will update cups-pdf 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 cups-pdf when using the -y flag.

yum info cups-pdf

This command will show you core information about the cups-pdf package.

yum deplist cups-pdf

This command will show you the dependencies for cups-pdf. 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 cups-pdf

This command will check if there is an update waiting on cups-pdf. 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.