Information about the package, publican, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The publican package is designed for, Common files and scripts for publishing with DocBook XML.
Package Name:
publican
Summary:
Common files and scripts for publishing with DocBook XML
Description:
Publican is a DocBook publication system, not just a DocBook processing tool. As well as ensuring your DocBook XML is valid, publican works to ensure your XML is up to publishable standard.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.1
Release:
0.el6
Size:
491 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
(GPLv2+ or Artistic) and CC0
Control the publican package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install publican
This command will install publican on the server.
yum remove publican
This command will un-install publican on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove publican, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove publican
This command will un-install publican 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 publican when using the -y flag.
yum update publican
This command will update publican to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove publican, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update publican
This command will update publican 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 publican when using the -y flag.
yum info publican
This command will show you core information about the publican package.
yum deplist publican
This command will show you the dependencies for publican. 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 publican
This command will check if there is an update waiting on publican. 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.