Information about the package, pyPdf, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The pyPdf package is designed for, PDF toolkit.
Package Name:
pyPdf
Summary:
PDF toolkit
Description:
A Pure-Python library built as a PDF toolkit. It is capable of: * extracting document information (title, author, ...), * splitting documents page by page, * merging documents page by page, * cropping pages, * merging multiple pages into a single page, * encrypting and decrypting PDF files.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
1.12
Release:
4.el6
Size:
63 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the pyPdf package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install pyPdf
This command will install pyPdf on the server.
yum remove pyPdf
This command will un-install pyPdf on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pyPdf, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove pyPdf
This command will un-install pyPdf 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 pyPdf when using the -y flag.
yum update pyPdf
This command will update pyPdf to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pyPdf, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update pyPdf
This command will update pyPdf 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 pyPdf when using the -y flag.
yum info pyPdf
This command will show you core information about the pyPdf package.
yum deplist pyPdf
This command will show you the dependencies for pyPdf. 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 pyPdf
This command will check if there is an update waiting on pyPdf. 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.