Information about the package, fontconfig, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The fontconfig package is designed for, Font configuration and customization library.
Package Name:
fontconfig
Summary:
Font configuration and customization library
Description:
Fontconfig is designed to locate fonts within the system and select them according to requirements specified by applications.
Architecture:
i686
Version:
2.8.0
Release:
5.el6
Size:
186 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT
Control the fontconfig package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install fontconfig
This command will install fontconfig on the server.
yum remove fontconfig
This command will un-install fontconfig on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove fontconfig, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove fontconfig
This command will un-install fontconfig 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 when using the -y flag.
yum update fontconfig
This command will update fontconfig to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove fontconfig, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update fontconfig
This command will update fontconfig 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 when using the -y flag.
yum info fontconfig
This command will show you core information about the fontconfig package.
yum deplist fontconfig
This command will show you the dependencies for fontconfig. 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
This command will check if there is an update waiting on fontconfig. 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.