geo.inbox.ignored
2016-Aug-23 03:47 UTC
[CentOS] how to find recently installed font packages
greetings. in an attempt to display correct fonts in firefox instead of squares with binary values, i installed wrong fonts and made things worse. how do i find out what fonts are, as i did not think to make note of what i was adding? tia. -- peace out. CentOS GNU/Linux 6.8 tc,hago. g . =+Tired of having your microsoft os hacked? Change to Linux os, used by microsoft hackers. =+in a world with out fences, who needs gates. =+=
On 8/22/2016 8:47 PM, geo.inbox.ignored wrote:> in an attempt to display correct fonts in firefox instead of squares > with binary values, i installed wrong fonts and made things worse. > > how do i find out what fonts are, as i did not think to make note > of what i was adding?did you install these via yum or rpm or what? -- john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz
On Mon, 22 Aug 2016 22:47:06 -0500 geo.inbox.ignored wrote:> how do i find out what fonts are, as i did not think to make note > of what i was adding?/var/log/yum.log -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Real D 3D Digital Cinema ~ www.melvilletheatre.com
geo.inbox.ignored
2016-Aug-23 04:17 UTC
[CentOS] how to find recently installed font packages
thank you for replying, John, Frank. On 08/22/2016 10:56 PM, John R Pierce wrote:> On 8/22/2016 8:47 PM, geo.inbox.ignored wrote: >> in an attempt to display correct fonts in firefox instead of squares >> with binary values, i installed wrong fonts and made things worse. >> >> how do i find out what fonts are, as i did not think to make note >> of what i was adding? > > did you install these via yum or rpm or what? >===> used yumex ++++ On 08/22/2016 10:57 PM, Frank Cox wrote:> On Mon, 22 Aug 2016 22:47:06 -0500 > geo.inbox.ignored wrote: > >> how do i find out what fonts are, as i did not think to make note >> of what i was adding? > > /var/log/yum.log >===> yes, they show in yum.log. when trying to 'yum remove [package-name]', yum also tries to remove libreoffice packages as well. should i use 'rpm -e --nodeps [package-name]' instead of yum? ria, i want to be sure i do not screw worse. -- peace out. CentOS GNU/Linux 6.8 tc,hago. g . =+Tired of having your microsoft os hacked? Change to Linux os, used by microsoft hackers. =+in a world with out fences, who needs gates. =+=
On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 10:47:06PM -0500, geo.inbox.ignored wrote:> > greetings. > > in an attempt to display correct fonts in firefox instead of squares > with binary values, i installed wrong fonts and made things worse. > > how do i find out what fonts are, as i did not think to make note > of what i was adding? >While I see yum.log was mentioned, I didn't see mention of yum history. If you type it (you have to use root or sudo), you get a history of your yum transactoins. So you might see something like 184 | update | 2016-08-20 16:48 | Update (Sorry if formatting is off). In your case, you might see 185 install bad_font |<date> |Install You can then use yum undo 185 This will undo the yum transaction that installed the font. I realize you've solved your issue for the moment, but the history option is quite useful. -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6
geo.inbox.ignored
2016-Aug-23 13:28 UTC
[CentOS] how to find recently installed font packages
hello Scott. On 08/23/2016 04:40 AM, Scott Robbins wrote:> On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 10:47:06PM -0500, geo.inbox.ignored wrote: >> >> greetings. >> >> in an attempt to display correct fonts in firefox instead of squares >> with binary values, i installed wrong fonts and made things worse. >> >> how do i find out what fonts are, as i did not think to make note >> of what i was adding? >> > > While I see yum.log was mentioned, I didn't see mention of yum history. > > If you type it (you have to use root or sudo), you get a history of your > yum transactoins. So you might see something like > > > 184 | update | 2016-08-20 16:48 | Update > > (Sorry if formatting is off). > In your case, you might see > > 185 install bad_font |<date> |Install > > > You can then use > > yum undo 185 > > This will undo the yum transaction that installed the font. > > I realize you've solved your issue for the moment, but the history option > is quite useful. >===> besides versatility of yum, vastness of arguments is, for me, an enjoyable learning process. when i found yumex wanting to also remove libreoffice files, i dropped back to yum. when yum also wanted to remove libreoffice, it was back to 'man yum'. i saw history, but only read what it would do. failing to find anything to remove _only_ what i wrongly installed, it was back to basics and rpm. after reading your reply, i ran 'man yum' again to reread 'history'. having done so, i am at wonder just how 'history' and its arguments would handle remove wrong fonts and not include libreoffice. at this time, i am considering installing bad fonts again just to see what will happen. at this time, i have more pressing duties, but will give 'yum history' a run later and post back with results. thank you for reply and piquing my brain for further knowledge. -- peace out. CentOS GNU/Linux 6.8 tc,hago. g . =+Tired of having your microsoft os hacked? Change to Linux os, used by microsoft hackers. =+in a world with out fences, who needs gates. =+=
On 08/22/2016 08:47 PM, geo.inbox.ignored wrote:> > greetings. > > in an attempt to display correct fonts in firefox instead of squares > with binary values, i installed wrong fonts and made things worse. > > how do i find out what fonts are, as i did not think to make note > of what i was adding? > > > tia. > >I use rpm -qa --last which gives me a reverse chronological order of what I installed via yum OR rpm. Once you get this you can query the individual package files, etc. -- -------------------------------------------- MzK "God helps those who help themselves." -- popular adage
On 08/25/2016 01:00 PM, Kay Schenk wrote:> On 08/22/2016 08:47 PM, geo.inbox.ignored wrote: >> greetings. >> >> in an attempt to display correct fonts in firefox instead of squares >> with binary values, i installed wrong fonts and made things worse. >> >> how do i find out what fonts are, as i did not think to make note >> of what i was adding? >> >> >> tia. >> >> > I use rpm -qa --last > > which gives me a reverse chronological order of what I installed via yum > OR rpm. > > Once you get this you can query the individual package files, etc. >Or you could do 'rpm -qa|grep fonts'. I'm pretty sure that all the font packages have the word 'fonts' in then. Also, I don't believe it will harm anything to install the 'wrong fonts'... except that they will take up disk space unnecessarily.