How To Install gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free on Rocky Linux 8. gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free is GStreamer streaming media framework “ugly” plugins

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free`

GStreamer is a streaming media framework, based on graphs of elements which operate on media data. This package contains plug-ins whose license is not fully compatible with LGPL.

We can use yum or dnf to install gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free.

Install gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free 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 gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free

Install gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free 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 gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free

How To Uninstall gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free

gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/23
/usr/lib/.build-id/23/27fea6060c27e71bea51e4dbc1df3184f7dfd7
/usr/lib/.build-id/98
/usr/lib/.build-id/98/fcbddb2dbe73c948e7ac39cd921b64afb86082
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a/96a4c17fc915bc705647c7f1cca237a05b8a19
/usr/lib/.build-id/d5
/usr/lib/.build-id/d5/f4c439a97e1857021b13550d5077e91be63f91
/usr/lib64/gstreamer-1.0/libgsta52dec.so
/usr/lib64/gstreamer-1.0/libgstcdio.so
/usr/lib64/gstreamer-1.0/libgstdvdread.so
/usr/lib64/gstreamer-1.0/libgstxingmux.so
/usr/share/appdata/gstreamer-ugly-free.appdata.xml
/usr/share/doc/gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free
/usr/share/doc/gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free/README
/usr/share/doc/gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free/REQUIREMENTS
/usr/share/licenses/gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free
/usr/share/licenses/gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/mt/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/34
/usr/lib/.build-id/34/f6ac67569c897381b14de1720d6e407697cd73
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2/86ab5c238910f3b5ab943b391d2b2a3c826364
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6/73bca8053d3573311dca0f15e5a45cd006efc6
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce/ccb0bce629c9c06073d5d4dfdf2c44f0a55e01
/usr/lib/gstreamer-1.0/libgsta52dec.so
/usr/lib/gstreamer-1.0/libgstcdio.so
/usr/lib/gstreamer-1.0/libgstdvdread.so
/usr/lib/gstreamer-1.0/libgstxingmux.so
/usr/share/appdata/gstreamer-ugly-free.appdata.xml
/usr/share/doc/gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free
/usr/share/doc/gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free/README
/usr/share/doc/gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free/REQUIREMENTS
/usr/share/licenses/gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free
/usr/share/licenses/gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/mt/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/gst-plugins-ugly-1.0.mo

References

gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.