Information about the package, libewf, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libewf package is designed for, Library for the Expert Witness Compression Format (EWF).
Package Name:
libewf
Summary:
Library for the Expert Witness Compression Format (EWF)
Description:
Libewf is a library for support of the Expert Witness Compression Format (EWF), it support both the SMART format (EWF-S01) and the EnCase format (EWF-E01). Libewf allows you to read and write media information within the EWF files.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
20100226
Release:
1.el6
Size:
144 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the libewf package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libewf
This command will install libewf on the server.
yum remove libewf
This command will un-install libewf on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libewf, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libewf
This command will un-install libewf 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 libewf when using the -y flag.
yum update libewf
This command will update libewf to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libewf, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libewf
This command will update libewf 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 libewf when using the -y flag.
yum info libewf
This command will show you core information about the libewf package.
yum deplist libewf
This command will show you the dependencies for libewf. 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 libewf
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libewf. 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.