How To Install baresip-sdl on CentOS 8

baresip-sdl is SDL2 video output driver for baresip

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install baresip-sdl on CentOS 8.

What is baresip-sdl

Baresip is a modular SIP user-agent with audio and video support. This module provides the Simple DirectMedia Layer 2.0 (SDL2) video output driver.

We can use yum or dnf to install baresip-sdl on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install baresip-sdl.

Install baresip-sdl on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install baresip-sdl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install baresip-sdl

Install baresip-sdl on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install baresip-sdl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install baresip-sdl

How To Uninstall baresip-sdl on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the baresip-sdl package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove baresip-sdl

baresip-sdl Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/93
/usr/lib/.build-id/93/d86e20deddedd23bb643a5a86a23f72e2ab3e8
/usr/lib64/baresip/modules/sdl.so

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install baresip-sdl on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.