Information about the package, florence, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The florence package is designed for, Extensible scalable on-screen virtual keyboard for GNOME.
Package Name:
florence
Summary:
Extensible scalable on-screen virtual keyboard for GNOME
Description:
Florence is an extensible scalable virtual keyboard for GNOME. You need it if you can't use a real hardware keyboard, for example because you are disabled, your keyboard is broken or because you use a tablet PC, but you must be able to use a pointing device (as a mouse, a trackball or a touchscreen). Florence stays out of your way when you don't need it: it appears on the screen only when you need it. A Timer-based auto-click functionality is available to help disabled people having difficulties to click.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.4.7
Release:
1.el6
Size:
341 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+ and GFDL
Control the florence package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install florence
This command will install florence on the server.
yum remove florence
This command will un-install florence on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove florence, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove florence
This command will un-install florence 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 florence when using the -y flag.
yum update florence
This command will update florence to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove florence, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update florence
This command will update florence 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 florence when using the -y flag.
yum info florence
This command will show you core information about the florence package.
yum deplist florence
This command will show you the dependencies for florence. 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 florence
This command will check if there is an update waiting on florence. 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.