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perl-Image-ExifTool


Information about the package, perl-Image-ExifTool, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-Image-ExifTool package is designed for, Utility for reading and writing image meta info.


Package Name:

perl-Image-ExifTool

Summary:

Utility for reading and writing image meta info

Description:

ExifTool is a Perl module with an included command-line application for reading and writing meta information in image, audio, and video files. It reads EXIF, GPS, IPTC, XMP, JFIF, MakerNotes, GeoTIFF, ICC Profile, Photoshop IRB, FlashPix, AFCP, and ID3 meta information from JPG, JP2, TIFF, GIF, PNG, MNG, JNG, MIFF, EPS, PS, AI, PDF, PSD, BMP, THM, CRW, CR2, MRW, NEF, PEF, ORF, DNG, and many other types of images. ExifTool also extracts information from the maker notes of many digital cameras by various manufacturers including Canon, Casio, FujiFilm, GE, HP, JVC/Victor, Kodak, Leaf, Minolta/Konica-Minolta, Nikon, Olympus/Epson, Panasonic/Leica, Pentax/Asahi, Reconyx, Ricoh, Samsung, Sanyo, Sigma/Foveon, and Sony.

Architecture:

noarch

Version:

10.80

Release:

1.el6

Size:

3.0 M

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPL+ or Artistic



Handy Yum Commands for perl-Image-ExifTool


Control the perl-Image-ExifTool package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install perl-Image-ExifTool

This command will install perl-Image-ExifTool on the server.

yum remove perl-Image-ExifTool

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

yum -y remove perl-Image-ExifTool

This command will un-install perl-Image-ExifTool 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 perl-Image-ExifTool when using the -y flag.

yum update perl-Image-ExifTool

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

yum -y update perl-Image-ExifTool

This command will update perl-Image-ExifTool 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 perl-Image-ExifTool when using the -y flag.

yum info perl-Image-ExifTool

This command will show you core information about the perl-Image-ExifTool package.

yum deplist perl-Image-ExifTool

This command will show you the dependencies for perl-Image-ExifTool. 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 perl-Image-ExifTool

This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-Image-ExifTool. 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.