Information about the package, genisoimage, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The genisoimage package is designed for, Creates an image of an ISO9660 filesystem.
Package Name:
genisoimage
Summary:
Creates an image of an ISO9660 filesystem
URL:
Description:
The genisoimage program is used as a pre-mastering program; i.e., it generates the ISO9660 filesystem. Genisoimage takes a snapshot of a given directory tree and generates a binary image of the tree which will correspond to an ISO9660 filesystem when written to a block device. Genisoimage is used for writing CD-ROMs, and includes support for creating bootable El Torito CD-ROMs. Install the genisoimage package if you need a program for writing CD-ROMs.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.1.9
Release:
12.el6
Size:
348 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the genisoimage package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install genisoimage
This command will install genisoimage on the server.
yum remove genisoimage
This command will un-install genisoimage on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove genisoimage, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove genisoimage
This command will un-install genisoimage 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 genisoimage when using the -y flag.
yum update genisoimage
This command will update genisoimage to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove genisoimage, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update genisoimage
This command will update genisoimage 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 genisoimage when using the -y flag.
yum info genisoimage
This command will show you core information about the genisoimage package.
yum deplist genisoimage
This command will show you the dependencies for genisoimage. 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 genisoimage
This command will check if there is an update waiting on genisoimage. 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.