How To Install libsbc on Fedora 34

libsbc is Library for the SBC (Sub Band Codec) Library for the SBC (Sub Band Codec)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsbc on Fedora 34.

What is `libsbc`

Library for SBC (Sub Band Codec) is a low-complexity audio codec used in the Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) bluetooth standard but can be used standalone. It uses 4 or 8 subbands, an adaptive bit allocation algorithm in combination with an adaptive block PCM quantizers. libsbc 1.4 7.fc34 x86_64 44 k sbc-1.4-7.fc34.src.rpm fedora Library for the SBC (Sub Band Codec) http GPLv2 and LGPLv2+ Library for SBC (Sub Band Codec) is a low-complexity audio codec used in the Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) bluetooth standard but can be used standalone. It uses 4 or 8 subbands, an adaptive bit allocation algorithm in combination with an adaptive block PCM quantizers.

We can use yum or dnf to install libsbc on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libsbc.

Install libsbc on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install libsbc

Install libsbc on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install libsbc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libsbc

How To Uninstall libsbc on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the libsbc package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libsbc

libsbc Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5a
/usr/lib/.build-id/5a/480478378391eee49ef5fbc5076cab7684e882
/usr/lib/libsbc.so.1
/usr/lib/libsbc.so.1.2.2
/usr/share/licenses/libsbc
/usr/share/licenses/libsbc/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8e
/usr/lib/.build-id/8e/999e0a8e8183142f49f4afda724d06852709d2
/usr/lib64/libsbc.so.1
/usr/lib64/libsbc.so.1.2.2
/usr/share/licenses/libsbc
/usr/share/licenses/libsbc/COPYING

References

[libsbc website](http://www.bluez.org http://www.bluez.org)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsbc on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.