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libimobiledevice


Information about the package, libimobiledevice, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libimobiledevice package is designed for, Library for connecting to mobile devices.


Package Name:

libimobiledevice

Summary:

Library for connecting to mobile devices

Description:

libimobiledevice is a library for connecting to mobile devices including phones and music players

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

0.9.7

Release:

4.el6

Size:

61 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

LGPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for libimobiledevice


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install libimobiledevice

This command will install libimobiledevice on the server.

yum remove libimobiledevice

This command will un-install libimobiledevice on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libimobiledevice, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove libimobiledevice

This command will un-install libimobiledevice 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 libimobiledevice when using the -y flag.

yum update libimobiledevice

This command will update libimobiledevice to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libimobiledevice, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update libimobiledevice

This command will update libimobiledevice 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 libimobiledevice when using the -y flag.

yum info libimobiledevice

This command will show you core information about the libimobiledevice package.

yum deplist libimobiledevice

This command will show you the dependencies for libimobiledevice. 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 libimobiledevice

This command will check if there is an update waiting on libimobiledevice. 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.