Information about the package, libexif, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libexif package is designed for, Library for extracting extra information from image files.
Package Name:
libexif
Summary:
Library for extracting extra information from image files
Description:
Most digital cameras produce EXIF files, which are JPEG files with extra tags that contain information about the image. The EXIF library allows you to parse an EXIF file and read the data from those tags.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.6.21
Release:
5.el6_3
Size:
350 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+
Control the libexif package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libexif
This command will install libexif on the server.
yum remove libexif
This command will un-install libexif on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libexif, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libexif
This command will un-install libexif 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 libexif when using the -y flag.
yum update libexif
This command will update libexif to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libexif, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libexif
This command will update libexif 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 libexif when using the -y flag.
yum info libexif
This command will show you core information about the libexif package.
yum deplist libexif
This command will show you the dependencies for libexif. 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 libexif
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libexif. 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.