Information about the package, kpathsea, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The kpathsea package is designed for, Path searching library for TeX-related files.
Package Name:
kpathsea
Summary:
Path searching library for TeX-related files
Description:
The library is at the centre of pretty much all Unix-based TeX executable. It is no longer distributed separately, but rather consititutes a central part of the sources of the TeX-live distribution.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2007
Release:
60.el6_7
Size:
118 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2 and BSD and Public Domain and LGPLv2+ and GPLv2+ and LPPL
Control the kpathsea package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install kpathsea
This command will install kpathsea on the server.
yum remove kpathsea
This command will un-install kpathsea on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove kpathsea, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove kpathsea
This command will un-install kpathsea 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 kpathsea when using the -y flag.
yum update kpathsea
This command will update kpathsea to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove kpathsea, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update kpathsea
This command will update kpathsea 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 kpathsea when using the -y flag.
yum info kpathsea
This command will show you core information about the kpathsea package.
yum deplist kpathsea
This command will show you the dependencies for kpathsea. 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 kpathsea
This command will check if there is an update waiting on kpathsea. 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.