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