How To Install dvdauthor on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install dvdauthor on Rocky Linux 8. dvdauthor is Command line DVD authoring tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dvdauthor on Rocky Linux 8.

What is dvdauthor

DVDAuthor is a set of tools to help you author the file and directory structure of a DVD-Video disc, including programmatic commands for implementing interactive behavior. It is driven by command lines and XML control files, though there are other programs that provide GUI-based front ends if you prefer.

We can use yum or dnf to install dvdauthor on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dvdauthor.

Install dvdauthor on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install dvdauthor

Install dvdauthor on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install dvdauthor

How To Uninstall dvdauthor on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove dvdauthor

dvdauthor Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/dvdauthor
/usr/bin/dvddirdel
/usr/bin/dvdunauthor
/usr/bin/mpeg2desc
/usr/bin/spumux
/usr/bin/spuunmux
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/32
/usr/lib/.build-id/32/3aa9d399d7ce9c0884909cd2b690bc4d054cad
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c/4f19253a940e62db91f6d1f910b99b4c0968aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/62
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/f87b3b7af73af5ba7915b580402d24c50ed2b8
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6/6e695abe32f75478d252d5cba65906df40479b
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0/08b425613839aba3be4346a1ad692758b8896d
/usr/share/doc/dvdauthor
/usr/share/doc/dvdauthor/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/dvdauthor/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/dvdauthor/README
/usr/share/doc/dvdauthor/TODO
/usr/share/dvdauthor
/usr/share/dvdauthor/common.xsd
/usr/share/dvdauthor/dvdauthor.xsd
/usr/share/dvdauthor/spumux.xsd
/usr/share/licenses/dvdauthor
/usr/share/licenses/dvdauthor/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/dvdauthor.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dvddirdel.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dvdunauthor.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mpeg2desc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/spumux.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/spuunmux.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/video_format.7.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dvdauthor on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.