Information about the package, libmad, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libmad package is designed for, MPEG audio decoder library.
Package Name:
libmad
Summary:
MPEG audio decoder library
Description:
MAD is a high-quality MPEG audio decoder. It currently supports MPEG-1 and the MPEG-2 extension to Lower Sampling Frequencies, as well as the so-called MPEG 2.5 format. All three audio layers (Layer I, Layer II, and Layer III a.k.a. MP3) are fully implemented.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.15.1b
Release:
20.el6
Size:
74 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the libmad package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libmad
This command will install libmad on the server.
yum remove libmad
This command will un-install libmad on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libmad, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libmad
This command will un-install libmad 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 libmad when using the -y flag.
yum update libmad
This command will update libmad to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libmad, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libmad
This command will update libmad 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 libmad when using the -y flag.
yum info libmad
This command will show you core information about the libmad package.
yum deplist libmad
This command will show you the dependencies for libmad. 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 libmad
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libmad. 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.