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xpdf


Information about the package, xpdf, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The xpdf package is designed for, A PDF file viewer for the X Window System.


Package Name:

xpdf

Summary:

A PDF file viewer for the X Window System

Description:

Xpdf is an X Window System based viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Xpdf is a small and efficient program which uses standard X fonts.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

3.04

Release:

6.el6

Size:

1.7 M

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2 or GPLv3



Handy Yum Commands for xpdf


Control the xpdf package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install xpdf

This command will install xpdf on the server.

yum remove xpdf

This command will un-install xpdf on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove xpdf, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove xpdf

This command will un-install xpdf 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 xpdf when using the -y flag.

yum update xpdf

This command will update xpdf to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove xpdf, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update xpdf

This command will update xpdf 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 xpdf when using the -y flag.

yum info xpdf

This command will show you core information about the xpdf package.

yum deplist xpdf

This command will show you the dependencies for xpdf. 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 xpdf

This command will check if there is an update waiting on xpdf. 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.