Information about the package, libwebp, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libwebp package is designed for, Library and tools for the WebP graphics format.
Package Name:
libwebp
Summary:
Library and tools for the WebP graphics format
Description:
WebP is an image format that does lossy compression of digital photographic images. WebP consists of a codec based on VP8, and a container based on RIFF. Webmasters, web developers and browser developers can use WebP to compress, archive and distribute digital images more efficiently.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.4.3
Release:
3.el6
Size:
210 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the libwebp package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libwebp
This command will install libwebp on the server.
yum remove libwebp
This command will un-install libwebp on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libwebp, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libwebp
This command will un-install libwebp 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 libwebp when using the -y flag.
yum update libwebp
This command will update libwebp to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libwebp, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libwebp
This command will update libwebp 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 libwebp when using the -y flag.
yum info libwebp
This command will show you core information about the libwebp package.
yum deplist libwebp
This command will show you the dependencies for libwebp. 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 libwebp
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libwebp. 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.