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pdf-tools


Information about the package, pdf-tools, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The pdf-tools package is designed for, Manipulate PDF files.


Package Name:

pdf-tools

Summary:

Manipulate PDF files

Description:

This package allows existing PDF files to be modified; and includes various tools: pdfbklt - make booklets out of existing PDF files pdfrevert - remove edits from a PDF file pdfstamp - stamp text on each page of a PDF file

Architecture:

noarch

Version:

0.29a

Release:

2.1.el6

Size:

12 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

GPL+ or Artistic



Handy Yum Commands for pdf-tools


Control the pdf-tools package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install pdf-tools

This command will install pdf-tools on the server.

yum remove pdf-tools

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

yum -y remove pdf-tools

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

yum update pdf-tools

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

yum -y update pdf-tools

This command will update pdf-tools 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 pdf-tools when using the -y flag.

yum info pdf-tools

This command will show you core information about the pdf-tools package.

yum deplist pdf-tools

This command will show you the dependencies for pdf-tools. 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 pdf-tools

This command will check if there is an update waiting on pdf-tools. 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.