Information about the package, libsndfile, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libsndfile package is designed for, Library for reading and writing sound files.
Package Name:
libsndfile
Summary:
Library for reading and writing sound files
Description:
libsndfile is a C library for reading and writing sound files such as AIFF, AU, WAV, and others through one standard interface. It can currently read/write 8, 16, 24 and 32-bit PCM files as well as 32 and 64-bit floating point WAV files and a number of compressed formats. It compiles and runs on *nix, MacOS, and Win32.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.0.20
Release:
5.el6
Size:
753 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
base
Licence:
LGPLv2+ and GPLv2+ and BSD
Control the libsndfile package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libsndfile
This command will install libsndfile on the server.
yum remove libsndfile
This command will un-install libsndfile on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libsndfile, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libsndfile
This command will un-install libsndfile 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 libsndfile when using the -y flag.
yum update libsndfile
This command will update libsndfile to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libsndfile, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libsndfile
This command will update libsndfile 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 libsndfile when using the -y flag.
yum info libsndfile
This command will show you core information about the libsndfile package.
yum deplist libsndfile
This command will show you the dependencies for libsndfile. 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 libsndfile
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libsndfile. 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.