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mkvtoolnix


Information about the package, mkvtoolnix, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The mkvtoolnix package is designed for, Matroska container manipulation utilities.


Package Name:

mkvtoolnix

Summary:

Matroska container manipulation utilities

Description:

Mkvtoolnix is a set of utilities to mux and demux audio, video and subtitle streams into and from Matroska containers.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

4.9.1

Release:

1.el6

Size:

3.1 M

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for mkvtoolnix


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install mkvtoolnix

This command will install mkvtoolnix on the server.

yum remove mkvtoolnix

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

yum -y remove mkvtoolnix

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

yum update mkvtoolnix

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

yum -y update mkvtoolnix

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

yum info mkvtoolnix

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

yum deplist mkvtoolnix

This command will show you the dependencies for mkvtoolnix. 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 mkvtoolnix

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