Information about the package, gstreamer-plugins-base, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The gstreamer-plugins-base package is designed for, GStreamer streaming media framework base plug-ins.
Package Name:
gstreamer-plugins-base
Summary:
GStreamer streaming media framework base plug-ins
Description:
GStreamer is a streaming media framework, based on graphs of filters which operate on media data. Applications using this library can do anything from real-time sound processing to playing videos, and just about anything else media-related. Its plugin-based architecture means that new data types or processing capabilities can be added simply by installing new plug-ins. This package contains a set of well-maintained base plug-ins.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.10.29
Release:
2.el6
Size:
940 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+
Control the gstreamer-plugins-base package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install gstreamer-plugins-base
This command will install gstreamer-plugins-base on the server.
yum remove gstreamer-plugins-base
This command will un-install gstreamer-plugins-base on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gstreamer-plugins-base, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove gstreamer-plugins-base
This command will un-install gstreamer-plugins-base 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 gstreamer-plugins-base when using the -y flag.
yum update gstreamer-plugins-base
This command will update gstreamer-plugins-base to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gstreamer-plugins-base, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update gstreamer-plugins-base
This command will update gstreamer-plugins-base 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 gstreamer-plugins-base when using the -y flag.
yum info gstreamer-plugins-base
This command will show you core information about the gstreamer-plugins-base package.
yum deplist gstreamer-plugins-base
This command will show you the dependencies for gstreamer-plugins-base. 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 gstreamer-plugins-base
This command will check if there is an update waiting on gstreamer-plugins-base. 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.