Information about the package, foomatic-db, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The foomatic-db package is designed for, Database of printers and printer drivers.
Package Name:
foomatic-db
Summary:
Database of printers and printer drivers
Description:
This is the database of printers, printer drivers, and driver options for Foomatic. The site http://www.openprinting.org/ is based on this database.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
4.0
Release:
8.20091126.el6
Size:
980 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the foomatic-db package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install foomatic-db
This command will install foomatic-db on the server.
yum remove foomatic-db
This command will un-install foomatic-db on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove foomatic-db, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove foomatic-db
This command will un-install foomatic-db 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 when using the -y flag.
yum update foomatic-db
This command will update foomatic-db to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove foomatic-db, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update foomatic-db
This command will update foomatic-db 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 when using the -y flag.
yum info foomatic-db
This command will show you core information about the foomatic-db package.
yum deplist foomatic-db
This command will show you the dependencies for foomatic-db. 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
This command will check if there is an update waiting on foomatic-db. 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.