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libtheora


Information about the package, libtheora, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libtheora package is designed for, Theora Video Compression Codec.


Package Name:

libtheora

Summary:

Theora Video Compression Codec

Description:

Theora is Xiph.Org's first publicly released video codec, intended for use within the Ogg's project's Ogg multimedia streaming system. Theora is derived directly from On2's VP3 codec; Currently the two are nearly identical, varying only in encapsulating decoder tables in the bitstream headers, but Theora will make use of this extra freedom in the future to improve over what is possible with VP3.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.1.0

Release:

2.el6

Size:

129 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

BSD



Handy Yum Commands for libtheora


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install libtheora

This command will install libtheora on the server.

yum remove libtheora

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

yum -y remove libtheora

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

yum update libtheora

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

yum -y update libtheora

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

yum info libtheora

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

yum deplist libtheora

This command will show you the dependencies for libtheora. 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 libtheora

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