Information about the package, id3lib, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The id3lib package is designed for, Library for manipulating ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags.
Package Name:
id3lib
Summary:
Library for manipulating ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags
Description:
This package provides a software library for manipulating ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags. It provides a convenient interface for software developers to include standards-compliant ID3v1/2 tagging capabilities in their applications. Features include identification of valid tags, automatic size conversions, (re)synchronisation of tag frames, seamless tag (de)compression, and optional padding facilities. Additionally, it can tell mp3 header info, like bitrate etc.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.8.3
Release:
28.el6
Size:
297 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+
Control the id3lib package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install id3lib
This command will install id3lib on the server.
yum remove id3lib
This command will un-install id3lib on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove id3lib, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove id3lib
This command will un-install id3lib 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 id3lib when using the -y flag.
yum update id3lib
This command will update id3lib to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove id3lib, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update id3lib
This command will update id3lib 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 id3lib when using the -y flag.
yum info id3lib
This command will show you core information about the id3lib package.
yum deplist id3lib
This command will show you the dependencies for id3lib. 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 id3lib
This command will check if there is an update waiting on id3lib. 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.