Information about the package, gv, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The gv package is designed for, A X front-end for the Ghostscript PostScript(TM) interpreter.
Package Name:
gv
Summary:
A X front-end for the Ghostscript PostScript(TM) interpreter
Description:
GNU gv is a user interface for the Ghostscript PostScript(TM) interpreter. Gv can display PostScript and PDF documents on an X Window System.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.7.1
Release:
1.el6
Size:
211 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv3+
Control the gv package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install gv
This command will install gv on the server.
yum remove gv
This command will un-install gv on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gv, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove gv
This command will un-install gv 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 gv when using the -y flag.
yum update gv
This command will update gv to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gv, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update gv
This command will update gv 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 gv when using the -y flag.
yum info gv
This command will show you core information about the gv package.
yum deplist gv
This command will show you the dependencies for gv. 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 gv
This command will check if there is an update waiting on gv. 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.