Information about the package, xawtv, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The xawtv package is designed for, TV applications for video4linux compliant devices.
Package Name:
xawtv
Summary:
TV applications for video4linux compliant devices
Description:
Xawtv is a simple xaw-based TV program which uses the bttv driver or video4linux. Xawtv contains various command-line utilities for grabbing images and .avi movies, for tuning in to TV stations, etc. Xawtv also includes a grabber driver for vic.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.103
Release:
8.el6
Size:
459 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the xawtv package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install xawtv
This command will install xawtv on the server.
yum remove xawtv
This command will un-install xawtv on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove xawtv, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove xawtv
This command will un-install xawtv 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 xawtv when using the -y flag.
yum update xawtv
This command will update xawtv to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove xawtv, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update xawtv
This command will update xawtv 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 xawtv when using the -y flag.
yum info xawtv
This command will show you core information about the xawtv package.
yum deplist xawtv
This command will show you the dependencies for xawtv. 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 xawtv
This command will check if there is an update waiting on xawtv. 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.