Information about the package, foomatic-db-ppds, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The foomatic-db-ppds package is designed for, PPDs from printer manufacturers.
Package Name:
foomatic-db-ppds
Summary:
PPDs from printer manufacturers
Description:
PPDs from printer manufacturers.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
4.0
Release:
8.20091126.el6
Size:
19 M
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+ and MIT
Control the foomatic-db-ppds package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install foomatic-db-ppds
This command will install foomatic-db-ppds on the server.
yum remove foomatic-db-ppds
This command will un-install foomatic-db-ppds on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove foomatic-db-ppds, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove foomatic-db-ppds
This command will un-install foomatic-db-ppds 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 foomatic-db-ppds when using the -y flag.
yum update foomatic-db-ppds
This command will update foomatic-db-ppds to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove foomatic-db-ppds, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update foomatic-db-ppds
This command will update foomatic-db-ppds 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 foomatic-db-ppds when using the -y flag.
yum info foomatic-db-ppds
This command will show you core information about the foomatic-db-ppds package.
yum deplist foomatic-db-ppds
This command will show you the dependencies for foomatic-db-ppds. 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 foomatic-db-ppds
This command will check if there is an update waiting on foomatic-db-ppds. 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.