Information about the package, libvpx, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libvpx package is designed for, VP8 Video Codec SDK.
Package Name:
libvpx
Summary:
VP8 Video Codec SDK
Description:
libvpx provides the VP8 SDK, which allows you to integrate your applications with the VP8 video codec, a high quality, royalty free, open source codec deployed on millions of computers and devices worldwide.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.3.0
Release:
5.el6_5
Size:
486 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the libvpx package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libvpx
This command will install libvpx on the server.
yum remove libvpx
This command will un-install libvpx on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libvpx, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libvpx
This command will un-install libvpx 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 libvpx when using the -y flag.
yum update libvpx
This command will update libvpx to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libvpx, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libvpx
This command will update libvpx 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 libvpx when using the -y flag.
yum info libvpx
This command will show you core information about the libvpx package.
yum deplist libvpx
This command will show you the dependencies for libvpx. 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 libvpx
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libvpx. 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.