Information about the package, libshout, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libshout package is designed for, Icecast source streaming library.
Package Name:
libshout
Summary:
Icecast source streaming library
Description:
libshout is a library for communicating with and sending data to an icecast server. It handles the socket connection, the timing of the data, and prevents most bad data from getting to the icecast server.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.2.2
Release:
5.1.el6
Size:
40 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+
Control the libshout package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libshout
This command will install libshout on the server.
yum remove libshout
This command will un-install libshout on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libshout, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libshout
This command will un-install libshout 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 libshout when using the -y flag.
yum update libshout
This command will update libshout to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libshout, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libshout
This command will update libshout 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 libshout when using the -y flag.
yum info libshout
This command will show you core information about the libshout package.
yum deplist libshout
This command will show you the dependencies for libshout. 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 libshout
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libshout. 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.