How To Install libgdither on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgdither on Rocky Linux 8. libgdither is Library for applying dithering to PCM audio sources

Introduction

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

What is libgdither

Libgdither is a GPL’d library library for performing audio dithering on PCM samples. The dithering process should be carried out before reducing the bit width of PCM audio data (eg. float to 16 bit int conversions) to preserve audio quality.

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

Install libgdither 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 libgdither using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libgdither

Install libgdither 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 libgdither using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libgdither

How To Uninstall libgdither on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libgdither

libgdither Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/47
/usr/lib/.build-id/47/9f59f2bffa24ef377eef2c288cf3be43344deb
/usr/lib/libgdither.so.1
/usr/lib/libgdither.so.1.0
/usr/share/doc/libgdither
/usr/share/doc/libgdither/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libgdither/README
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3/c4b90e27c2d2020abb7d7823cda05e16f3d249
/usr/lib64/libgdither.so.1
/usr/lib64/libgdither.so.1.0
/usr/share/doc/libgdither
/usr/share/doc/libgdither/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libgdither/README

References

Summary

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