Information about the package, a2ps, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The a2ps package is designed for, Converts text and other types of files to PostScript.
Package Name:
a2ps
Summary:
Converts text and other types of files to PostScript
Description:
The a2ps filter converts text and other types of files to PostScript. A2ps has pretty-printing capabilities and includes support for a wide number of programming languages, encodings (ISO Latins, Cyrillic, etc.), and medias.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
4.14
Release:
13.el6
Size:
1.1 M
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv3+
Control the a2ps package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install a2ps
This command will install a2ps on the server.
yum remove a2ps
This command will un-install a2ps on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove a2ps, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove a2ps
This command will un-install a2ps 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 a2ps when using the -y flag.
yum update a2ps
This command will update a2ps to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove a2ps, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update a2ps
This command will update a2ps 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 a2ps when using the -y flag.
yum info a2ps
This command will show you core information about the a2ps package.
yum deplist a2ps
This command will show you the dependencies for a2ps. 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 a2ps
This command will check if there is an update waiting on a2ps. 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.