Information about the package, dejavu-sans-fonts, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The dejavu-sans-fonts package is designed for, Variable-width sans-serif font faces.
Package Name:
dejavu-sans-fonts
Summary:
Variable-width sans-serif font faces
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 the DejaVu sans-serif variable-width font faces, in their unabridged version.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
2.33
Release:
1.el6
Size:
2.2 M
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
Bitstream Vera and Public Domain
Control the dejavu-sans-fonts package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install dejavu-sans-fonts
This command will install dejavu-sans-fonts on the server.
yum remove dejavu-sans-fonts
This command will un-install dejavu-sans-fonts on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove dejavu-sans-fonts, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove dejavu-sans-fonts
This command will un-install dejavu-sans-fonts 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-sans-fonts when using the -y flag.
yum update dejavu-sans-fonts
This command will update dejavu-sans-fonts to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove dejavu-sans-fonts, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update dejavu-sans-fonts
This command will update dejavu-sans-fonts 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-sans-fonts when using the -y flag.
yum info dejavu-sans-fonts
This command will show you core information about the dejavu-sans-fonts package.
yum deplist dejavu-sans-fonts
This command will show you the dependencies for dejavu-sans-fonts. 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-sans-fonts
This command will check if there is an update waiting on dejavu-sans-fonts. 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.