Information about the package, libmtp, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libmtp package is designed for, A software library for MTP media players.
Package Name:
libmtp
Summary:
A software library for MTP media players
Description:
This package provides a software library for communicating with MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) media players, typically audio players, video players etc.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.0.1
Release:
2.el6
Size:
99 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+
Control the libmtp package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libmtp
This command will install libmtp on the server.
yum remove libmtp
This command will un-install libmtp on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libmtp, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libmtp
This command will un-install libmtp 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 libmtp when using the -y flag.
yum update libmtp
This command will update libmtp to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libmtp, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libmtp
This command will update libmtp 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 libmtp when using the -y flag.
yum info libmtp
This command will show you core information about the libmtp package.
yum deplist libmtp
This command will show you the dependencies for libmtp. 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 libmtp
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libmtp. 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.