How To Install adobe-mappings-pdf.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install adobe-mappings-pdf.noarch in Amazon Linux 2. adobe-mappings-pdf.noarch is PDF mapping resources from Adobe

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install adobe-mappings-pdf.noarch on Amazon Linux 2.

What is adobe-mappings-pdf.noarch

Mapping resources for PDF have a variety of functions, such as mapping CIDs (Character IDs) to character codes, or mapping character codes to other character codes. These mapping resources for PDF should not be confused with CMap resources. While both types of resources share the same file structure and syntax, they have very different functions. These PDF mapping resources are useful for some applications (e.g. Ghostscript) to function properly.

We can use yum to install adobe-mappings-pdf.noarch on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install adobe-mappings-pdf.noarch.

Install adobe-mappings-pdf.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install adobe-mappings-pdf.noarch using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install adobe-mappings-pdf.noarch

How To Uninstall adobe-mappings-pdf.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the adobe-mappings-pdf.noarch package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove adobe-mappings-pdf.noarch

adobe-mappings-pdf.noarch Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/share/adobe
/usr/share/adobe/resources
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/90ms-RKSJ-UCS2
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/90pv-RKSJ-UCS2
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/90pv-RKSJ-UCS2C
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/Adobe-CNS1-B5pc
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/Adobe-CNS1-ETen-B5
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/Adobe-CNS1-H-CID
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/Adobe-CNS1-H-Host
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/Adobe-CNS1-H-Mac
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/Adobe-GB1-GBK-EUC
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/Adobe-GB1-GBpc-EUC
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/Adobe-GB1-H-CID
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/Adobe-GB1-H-Host
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/Adobe-GB1-H-Mac
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/Adobe-Japan1-90ms-RKSJ
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/Adobe-Japan1-90pv-RKSJ
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/Adobe-Japan1-H-CID
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/Adobe-Japan1-H-Host
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/Adobe-Japan1-H-Mac
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/Adobe-Japan1-PS-H
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/Adobe-Japan1-PS-V
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/Adobe-Korea1-H-CID
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/Adobe-Korea1-H-Host
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/Adobe-Korea1-H-Mac
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/Adobe-Korea1-KSCms-UHC
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/Adobe-Korea1-KSCpc-EUC
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/B5pc-UCS2
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/B5pc-UCS2C
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/ETen-B5-UCS2
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/GBK-EUC-UCS2
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/GBpc-EUC-UCS2
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/GBpc-EUC-UCS2C
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/KSCms-UHC-UCS2
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/KSCpc-EUC-UCS2
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/KSCpc-EUC-UCS2C
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/UCS2-90ms-RKSJ
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/UCS2-90pv-RKSJ
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/UCS2-B5pc
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/UCS2-ETen-B5
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/UCS2-GBK-EUC
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/UCS2-GBpc-EUC
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/UCS2-KSCms-UHC
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2other/UCS2-KSCpc-EUC
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2unicode
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2unicode/Adobe-CNS1-UCS2
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2unicode/Adobe-GB1-UCS2
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2unicode/Adobe-Japan1-UCS2
/usr/share/adobe/resources/mapping/pdf2unicode/Adobe-Korea1-UCS2
/usr/share/doc/adobe-mappings-pdf-20180407
/usr/share/doc/adobe-mappings-pdf-20180407/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/adobe-mappings-pdf-20180407
/usr/share/licenses/adobe-mappings-pdf-20180407/LICENSE.txt

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install adobe-mappings-pdf.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.