Information about the package, SDL_image, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The SDL_image package is designed for, Image loading library for SDL.
Package Name:
SDL_image
Summary:
Image loading library for SDL
Description:
Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) is a cross-platform multimedia library designed to provide fast access to the graphics frame buffer and audio device. This package contains a simple library for loading images of various formats (BMP, PPM, PCX, GIF, JPEG, PNG) as SDL surfaces.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.2.12
Release:
9.el6
Size:
39 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+
Control the SDL_image package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install SDL_image
This command will install SDL_image on the server.
yum remove SDL_image
This command will un-install SDL_image on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove SDL_image, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove SDL_image
This command will un-install SDL_image 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 SDL_image when using the -y flag.
yum update SDL_image
This command will update SDL_image to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove SDL_image, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update SDL_image
This command will update SDL_image 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 SDL_image when using the -y flag.
yum info SDL_image
This command will show you core information about the SDL_image package.
yum deplist SDL_image
This command will show you the dependencies for SDL_image. 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 SDL_image
This command will check if there is an update waiting on SDL_image. 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.