Information about the package, fontconfig-devel, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The fontconfig-devel package is designed for, Font configuration and customization library.
Package Name:
fontconfig-devel
Summary:
Font configuration and customization library
Description:
The fontconfig-devel package includes the header files, and developer docs for the fontconfig package. Install fontconfig-devel if you want to develop programs which will use fontconfig.
Architecture:
i686
Version:
2.8.0
Release:
5.el6
Size:
209 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT
Control the fontconfig-devel package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install fontconfig-devel
This command will install fontconfig-devel on the server.
yum remove fontconfig-devel
This command will un-install fontconfig-devel on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove fontconfig-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove fontconfig-devel
This command will un-install fontconfig-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 fontconfig-devel when using the -y flag.
yum update fontconfig-devel
This command will update fontconfig-devel to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove fontconfig-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update fontconfig-devel
This command will update fontconfig-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 fontconfig-devel when using the -y flag.
yum info fontconfig-devel
This command will show you core information about the fontconfig-devel package.
yum deplist fontconfig-devel
This command will show you the dependencies for fontconfig-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 fontconfig-devel
This command will check if there is an update waiting on fontconfig-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.