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gutenprint


Information about the package, gutenprint, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The gutenprint package is designed for, Printer Drivers Package.


Package Name:

gutenprint

Summary:

Printer Drivers Package

Description:

Gutenprint is a package of high quality printer drivers for Linux, BSD, Solaris, IRIX, and other UNIX-alike operating systems. Gutenprint was formerly called Gimp-Print.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

5.2.5

Release:

3.el6

Size:

2.3 M

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for gutenprint


Control the gutenprint package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install gutenprint

This command will install gutenprint on the server.

yum remove gutenprint

This command will un-install gutenprint on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gutenprint, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove gutenprint

This command will un-install gutenprint 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 gutenprint when using the -y flag.

yum update gutenprint

This command will update gutenprint to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gutenprint, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update gutenprint

This command will update gutenprint 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 gutenprint when using the -y flag.

yum info gutenprint

This command will show you core information about the gutenprint package.

yum deplist gutenprint

This command will show you the dependencies for gutenprint. 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 gutenprint

This command will check if there is an update waiting on gutenprint. 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.