Information about the package, pango, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The pango package is designed for, System for layout and rendering of internationalized text.
Package Name:
pango
Summary:
System for layout and rendering of internationalized text
URL:
Description:
Pango is a library for laying out and rendering of text, with an emphasis on internationalization. Pango can be used anywhere that text layout is needed, though most of the work on Pango so far has been done in the context of the GTK+ widget toolkit. Pango forms the core of text and font handling for GTK+. Pango is designed to be modular; the core Pango layout engine can be used with different font backends. The integration of Pango with Cairo provides a complete solution with high quality text handling and graphics rendering.
Architecture:
i686
Version:
1.28.1
Release:
11.el6
Size:
351 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+
Control the pango package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install pango
This command will install pango on the server.
yum remove pango
This command will un-install pango on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pango, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove pango
This command will un-install pango 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 pango when using the -y flag.
yum update pango
This command will update pango to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pango, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update pango
This command will update pango 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 pango when using the -y flag.
yum info pango
This command will show you core information about the pango package.
yum deplist pango
This command will show you the dependencies for pango. 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 pango
This command will check if there is an update waiting on pango. 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.