Information about the package, libdv, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libdv package is designed for, Software decoder for DV format video.
Package Name:
libdv
Summary:
Software decoder for DV format video
Description:
The Quasar DV codec (libdv) is a software codec for DV video, the encoding format used by most digital camcorders, typically those that support the IEEE 1394 (a.k.a. FireWire or i.Link) interface. libdv was developed according to the official standards for DV video: IEC 61834 and SMPTE 314M.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.0.0
Release:
8.1.el6
Size:
77 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+
Control the libdv package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libdv
This command will install libdv on the server.
yum remove libdv
This command will un-install libdv on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libdv, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libdv
This command will un-install libdv 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 libdv when using the -y flag.
yum update libdv
This command will update libdv to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libdv, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libdv
This command will update libdv 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 libdv when using the -y flag.
yum info libdv
This command will show you core information about the libdv package.
yum deplist libdv
This command will show you the dependencies for libdv. 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 libdv
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libdv. 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.