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cups-devel


Information about the package, cups-devel, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The cups-devel package is designed for, Common Unix Printing System - development environment.


Package Name:

cups-devel

Summary:

Common Unix Printing System - development environment

Description:

The Common UNIX Printing System provides a portable printing layer for UNIX® operating systems. This is the development package for creating additional printer drivers, and other CUPS services.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.4.2

Release:

78.el6_9

Size:

113 k

Repository:

updates

From Repository:

Licence:

LGPLv2



Handy Yum Commands for cups-devel


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install cups-devel

This command will install cups-devel on the server.

yum remove cups-devel

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

yum -y remove cups-devel

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

yum update cups-devel

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

yum -y update cups-devel

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

yum info cups-devel

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

yum deplist cups-devel

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

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