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speex


Information about the package, speex, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The speex package is designed for, A voice compression format (codec).


Package Name:

speex

Summary:

A voice compression format (codec)

Description:

Speex is a patent-free compression format designed especially for speech. It is specialized for voice communications at low bit-rates in the 2-45 kbps range. Possible applications include Voice over IP (VoIP), Internet audio streaming, audio books, and archiving of speech data (e.g. voice mail).

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.2

Release:

0.12.rc1.1.el6

Size:

96 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

BSD



Handy Yum Commands for speex


Control the speex package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install speex

This command will install speex on the server.

yum remove speex

This command will un-install speex on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove speex, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove speex

This command will un-install speex 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 speex when using the -y flag.

yum update speex

This command will update speex to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove speex, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update speex

This command will update speex 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 speex when using the -y flag.

yum info speex

This command will show you core information about the speex package.

yum deplist speex

This command will show you the dependencies for speex. 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 speex

This command will check if there is an update waiting on speex. 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.