Information about the package, fonttools, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The fonttools package is designed for, A tool to convert True/OpenType fonts to XML and back.
Package Name:
fonttools
Summary:
A tool to convert True/OpenType fonts to XML and back
Description:
TTX/FontTools is a tool for manipulating TrueType and OpenType fonts. It is written in Python and has a BSD-style, open-source license. TTX can dump TrueType and OpenType fonts to an XML-based text format and vice versa.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.3
Release:
1.el6
Size:
712 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the fonttools package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install fonttools
This command will install fonttools on the server.
yum remove fonttools
This command will un-install fonttools on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove fonttools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove fonttools
This command will un-install fonttools 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 fonttools when using the -y flag.
yum update fonttools
This command will update fonttools to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove fonttools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update fonttools
This command will update fonttools 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 fonttools when using the -y flag.
yum info fonttools
This command will show you core information about the fonttools package.
yum deplist fonttools
This command will show you the dependencies for fonttools. 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 fonttools
This command will check if there is an update waiting on fonttools. 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.