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zvbi


Information about the package, zvbi, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The zvbi package is designed for, Raw VBI, Teletext and Closed Caption decoding library.


Package Name:

zvbi

Summary:

Raw VBI, Teletext and Closed Caption decoding library

Description:

ZVBI provides functions to capture and decode VBI data. The vertical blanking interval (VBI) is an interval in a television signal that temporarily suspends transmission of the signal for the electron gun to move back up to the first line of the television screen to trace the next screen field. The vertical blanking interval can be used to carry data, since anything sent during the VBI would naturally not be displayed; various test signals, closed captioning, and other digital data can be sent during this time period.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

0.2.35

Release:

1.el6

Size:

432 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

LGPLv2+ and GPLv2+ and BSD



Handy Yum Commands for zvbi


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install zvbi

This command will install zvbi on the server.

yum remove zvbi

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

yum -y remove zvbi

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

yum update zvbi

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

yum -y update zvbi

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

yum info zvbi

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

yum deplist zvbi

This command will show you the dependencies for zvbi. 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 zvbi

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