Information about the package, exiv2, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The exiv2 package is designed for, Exif and Iptc metadata manipulation library.
Package Name:
exiv2
Summary:
Exif and Iptc metadata manipulation library
Description:
A command line utility to access image metadata, allowing one to: * print the Exif metadata of Jpeg images as summary info, interpreted values, or the plain data for each tag * print the Iptc metadata of Jpeg images * print the Jpeg comment of Jpeg images * set, add and delete Exif and Iptc metadata of Jpeg images * adjust the Exif timestamp (that's how it all started...) * rename Exif image files according to the Exif timestamp * extract, insert and delete Exif metadata (including thumbnails), Iptc metadata and Jpeg comments
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.18.2
Release:
2.1.el6
Size:
75 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the exiv2 package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install exiv2
This command will install exiv2 on the server.
yum remove exiv2
This command will un-install exiv2 on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove exiv2, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove exiv2
This command will un-install exiv2 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 exiv2 when using the -y flag.
yum update exiv2
This command will update exiv2 to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove exiv2, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update exiv2
This command will update exiv2 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 exiv2 when using the -y flag.
yum info exiv2
This command will show you core information about the exiv2 package.
yum deplist exiv2
This command will show you the dependencies for exiv2. 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 exiv2
This command will check if there is an update waiting on exiv2. 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.