Information about the package, madplay, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The madplay package is designed for, MPEG audio decoder and player.
Package Name:
madplay
Summary:
MPEG audio decoder and player
Description:
madplay is a command-line MPEG audio decoder and player based on the MAD library (libmad). For details about MAD, see the separately distributed libmad package.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.15.2b
Release:
11.el6
Size:
78 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the madplay package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install madplay
This command will install madplay on the server.
yum remove madplay
This command will un-install madplay on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove madplay, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove madplay
This command will un-install madplay 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 madplay when using the -y flag.
yum update madplay
This command will update madplay to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove madplay, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update madplay
This command will update madplay 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 madplay when using the -y flag.
yum info madplay
This command will show you core information about the madplay package.
yum deplist madplay
This command will show you the dependencies for madplay. 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 madplay
This command will check if there is an update waiting on madplay. 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.