Information about the package, v4l-utils, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The v4l-utils package is designed for, Utilities for video4linux and DVB devices.
Package Name:
v4l-utils
Summary:
Utilities for video4linux and DVB devices
Description:
v4l-utils is a collection of various video4linux (V4L) and DVB utilities. The main v4l-utils package contains cx18-ctl, ir-keytable, ivtv-ctl, v4l2-ctl and v4l2-sysfs-path.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.6.2
Release:
3.el6
Size:
350 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+ and GPLv2
Control the v4l-utils package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install v4l-utils
This command will install v4l-utils on the server.
yum remove v4l-utils
This command will un-install v4l-utils on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove v4l-utils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove v4l-utils
This command will un-install v4l-utils 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 v4l-utils when using the -y flag.
yum update v4l-utils
This command will update v4l-utils to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove v4l-utils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update v4l-utils
This command will update v4l-utils 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 v4l-utils when using the -y flag.
yum info v4l-utils
This command will show you core information about the v4l-utils package.
yum deplist v4l-utils
This command will show you the dependencies for v4l-utils. 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 v4l-utils
This command will check if there is an update waiting on v4l-utils. 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.