Information about the package, dejavu-fonts-common, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The dejavu-fonts-common package is designed for, Common files for the Dejavu font set.
Package Name:
dejavu-fonts-common
Summary:
Common files for the Dejavu font set
Description:
The DejaVu font set is based on the “Bitstream Vera� fonts, release 1.10. Its purpose is to provide a wider range of characters, while maintaining the original style, using an open collaborative development process. This package consists of files used by other DejaVu packages.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
2.33
Release:
1.el6
Size:
63 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
Bitstream Vera and Public Domain
Control the dejavu-fonts-common package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install dejavu-fonts-common
This command will install dejavu-fonts-common on the server.
yum remove dejavu-fonts-common
This command will un-install dejavu-fonts-common on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove dejavu-fonts-common, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove dejavu-fonts-common
This command will un-install dejavu-fonts-common 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 dejavu-fonts-common when using the -y flag.
yum update dejavu-fonts-common
This command will update dejavu-fonts-common to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove dejavu-fonts-common, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update dejavu-fonts-common
This command will update dejavu-fonts-common 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 dejavu-fonts-common when using the -y flag.
yum info dejavu-fonts-common
This command will show you core information about the dejavu-fonts-common package.
yum deplist dejavu-fonts-common
This command will show you the dependencies for dejavu-fonts-common. 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 dejavu-fonts-common
This command will check if there is an update waiting on dejavu-fonts-common. 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.