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lame


Information about the package, lame, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The lame package is designed for, Free MP3 audio compressor.


Package Name:

lame

Summary:

Free MP3 audio compressor

Description:

LAME is an open source MP3 encoder whose quality and speed matches commercial encoders. LAME handles MPEG1,2 and 2.5 layer III encoding with both constant and variable bitrates.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

3.100

Release:

1.el6

Size:

131 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for lame


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install lame

This command will install lame on the server.

yum remove lame

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

yum -y remove lame

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

yum update lame

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

yum -y update lame

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

yum info lame

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

yum deplist lame

This command will show you the dependencies for lame. 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 lame

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