Information about the package, epstool, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The epstool package is designed for, A utility to create or extract preview images in EPS files.
Package Name:
epstool
Summary:
A utility to create or extract preview images in EPS files
Description:
Epstool is a utility to create or extract preview images in EPS files, fix bounding boxes and convert to bitmaps. Features: * Add EPSI, DOS EPS or Mac PICT previews. * Extract PostScript from DOS EPS files. * Uses Ghostscript to create preview bitmaps. * Create a TIFF, WMF, PICT or Interchange preview from part of a bitmap created by Ghostscript. * works under Win32, Win64, OS/2 and Unix. * works on little-endian machines (Intel) or big endian (Sun Sparc, Motorola) machines.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.08
Release:
2.el6
Size:
128 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the epstool package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install epstool
This command will install epstool on the server.
yum remove epstool
This command will un-install epstool on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove epstool, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove epstool
This command will un-install epstool 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 epstool when using the -y flag.
yum update epstool
This command will update epstool to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove epstool, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update epstool
This command will update epstool 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 epstool when using the -y flag.
yum info epstool
This command will show you core information about the epstool package.
yum deplist epstool
This command will show you the dependencies for epstool. 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 epstool
This command will check if there is an update waiting on epstool. 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.