Information about the package, xorg-x11-fonts-misc, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The xorg-x11-fonts-misc package is designed for, misc bitmap fonts for the X Window System.
Package Name:
xorg-x11-fonts-misc
Summary:
misc bitmap fonts for the X Window System
URL:
Description:
This package contains misc bitmap Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indic, and Arabic fonts for use with X Window System.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
7.2
Release:
11.el6
Size:
5.8 M
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT and Lucida and Public Domain
Control the xorg-x11-fonts-misc package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install xorg-x11-fonts-misc
This command will install xorg-x11-fonts-misc on the server.
yum remove xorg-x11-fonts-misc
This command will un-install xorg-x11-fonts-misc on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove xorg-x11-fonts-misc, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove xorg-x11-fonts-misc
This command will un-install xorg-x11-fonts-misc 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 xorg-x11-fonts-misc when using the -y flag.
yum update xorg-x11-fonts-misc
This command will update xorg-x11-fonts-misc to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove xorg-x11-fonts-misc, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update xorg-x11-fonts-misc
This command will update xorg-x11-fonts-misc 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 xorg-x11-fonts-misc when using the -y flag.
yum info xorg-x11-fonts-misc
This command will show you core information about the xorg-x11-fonts-misc package.
yum deplist xorg-x11-fonts-misc
This command will show you the dependencies for xorg-x11-fonts-misc. 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 xorg-x11-fonts-misc
This command will check if there is an update waiting on xorg-x11-fonts-misc. 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.