Information about the package, xdvipdfmx, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The xdvipdfmx package is designed for, An extended version of DVIPDFMx with support for XeTeX output.
Package Name:
xdvipdfmx
Summary:
An extended version of DVIPDFMx with support for XeTeX output
Description:
xdvipdfmx is an output driver for the XeTeX typesetting system. It is an extended version of DVIPDFMx by Jin-Hwan Cho and Shunsaku Hirata, which is itself an extended version of dvipdfm by Mark A. Wicks. This driver converts XDV (extended DVI) output from the xetex program into standard PDF that can be viewed or printed.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.4
Release:
5.1.el6
Size:
487 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the xdvipdfmx package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install xdvipdfmx
This command will install xdvipdfmx on the server.
yum remove xdvipdfmx
This command will un-install xdvipdfmx on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove xdvipdfmx, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove xdvipdfmx
This command will un-install xdvipdfmx 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 xdvipdfmx when using the -y flag.
yum update xdvipdfmx
This command will update xdvipdfmx to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove xdvipdfmx, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update xdvipdfmx
This command will update xdvipdfmx 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 xdvipdfmx when using the -y flag.
yum info xdvipdfmx
This command will show you core information about the xdvipdfmx package.
yum deplist xdvipdfmx
This command will show you the dependencies for xdvipdfmx. 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 xdvipdfmx
This command will check if there is an update waiting on xdvipdfmx. 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.