Information about the package, freeimage, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The freeimage package is designed for, Multi-format image decoder library.
Package Name:
freeimage
Summary:
Multi-format image decoder library
Description:
FreeImage is a library for developers who would like to support popular graphics image formats like PNG, BMP, JPEG, TIFF and others as needed by today's multimedia applications.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.10.0
Release:
5.el6
Size:
219 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPL+ or MPLv1.0
Control the freeimage package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install freeimage
This command will install freeimage on the server.
yum remove freeimage
This command will un-install freeimage on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove freeimage, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove freeimage
This command will un-install freeimage 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 freeimage when using the -y flag.
yum update freeimage
This command will update freeimage to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove freeimage, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update freeimage
This command will update freeimage 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 freeimage when using the -y flag.
yum info freeimage
This command will show you core information about the freeimage package.
yum deplist freeimage
This command will show you the dependencies for freeimage. 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 freeimage
This command will check if there is an update waiting on freeimage. 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.