Information about the package, urw-fonts, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The urw-fonts package is designed for, Free versions of the 35 standard PostScript fonts.
Package Name:
urw-fonts
Summary:
Free versions of the 35 standard PostScript fonts
Description:
Free, good quality versions of the 35 standard PostScript(TM) fonts, donated under the GPL by URW++ Design and Development GmbH. Install the urw-fonts package if you need free versions of standard PostScript fonts.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
2.4
Release:
11.el6
Size:
4.2 M
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
base
Licence:
GPL+ with exceptions
Control the urw-fonts package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install urw-fonts
This command will install urw-fonts on the server.
yum remove urw-fonts
This command will un-install urw-fonts on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove urw-fonts, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove urw-fonts
This command will un-install urw-fonts 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 urw-fonts when using the -y flag.
yum update urw-fonts
This command will update urw-fonts to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove urw-fonts, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update urw-fonts
This command will update urw-fonts 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 urw-fonts when using the -y flag.
yum info urw-fonts
This command will show you core information about the urw-fonts package.
yum deplist urw-fonts
This command will show you the dependencies for urw-fonts. 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 urw-fonts
This command will check if there is an update waiting on urw-fonts. 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.