Information about the package, cups, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The cups package is designed for, Common Unix Printing System.
Package Name:
cups
Summary:
Common Unix Printing System
URL:
Description:
The Common UNIX Printing System provides a portable printing layer for UNIX® operating systems. It has been developed by Easy Software Products to promote a standard printing solution for all UNIX vendors and users. CUPS provides the System V and Berkeley command-line interfaces.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.4.2
Release:
78.el6_9
Size:
2.3 M
Repository:
updates
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the cups package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install cups
This command will install cups on the server.
yum remove cups
This command will un-install cups on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove cups, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove cups
This command will un-install cups 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 when using the -y flag.
yum update cups
This command will update cups to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove cups, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update cups
This command will update cups 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 when using the -y flag.
yum info cups
This command will show you core information about the cups package.
yum deplist cups
This command will show you the dependencies for cups. 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
This command will check if there is an update waiting on cups. 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.