Information about the package, figlet, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The figlet package is designed for, A program for making large letters out of ordinary text.
Package Name:
figlet
Summary:
A program for making large letters out of ordinary text
Description:
FIGlet prints its input using large characters (called "FIGcharacters") made up of ordinary screen characters (called "sub-characters"). FIGlet output is generally reminiscent of the sort of "signatures" many people like to put at the end of e-mail and UseNet messages. It is also reminiscent of the output of some banner programs, although it is oriented normally, not sideways.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.2.5
Release:
9.el6
Size:
123 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD and MIT
Control the figlet package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install figlet
This command will install figlet on the server.
yum remove figlet
This command will un-install figlet on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove figlet, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove figlet
This command will un-install figlet 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 figlet when using the -y flag.
yum update figlet
This command will update figlet to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove figlet, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update figlet
This command will update figlet 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 figlet when using the -y flag.
yum info figlet
This command will show you core information about the figlet package.
yum deplist figlet
This command will show you the dependencies for figlet. 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 figlet
This command will check if there is an update waiting on figlet. 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.