Information about the package, fig2ps, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The fig2ps package is designed for, Utility for converting xfig pictures to PS/PDF.
Package Name:
fig2ps
Summary:
Utility for converting xfig pictures to PS/PDF
Description:
fig2ps is a perl script which converts xfig files to postscript or PDF, using LaTeX for processing text (a capability not included in transfig). This provides the benefit of seamless integration of figures into documents (the font in the figures is the same as in the text), and allows for special typesetting commands (such as mathematical equations) to be included in figures.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
1.4.1
Release:
2.el6
Size:
18 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the fig2ps package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install fig2ps
This command will install fig2ps on the server.
yum remove fig2ps
This command will un-install fig2ps on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove fig2ps, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove fig2ps
This command will un-install fig2ps 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 fig2ps when using the -y flag.
yum update fig2ps
This command will update fig2ps to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove fig2ps, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update fig2ps
This command will update fig2ps 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 fig2ps when using the -y flag.
yum info fig2ps
This command will show you core information about the fig2ps package.
yum deplist fig2ps
This command will show you the dependencies for fig2ps. 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 fig2ps
This command will check if there is an update waiting on fig2ps. 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.