How To Install mediainfo-qt on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install mediainfo-qt on Rocky Linux 8. mediainfo-qt is Supplies technical and tag information about a video or audio file (Qt GUI)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mediainfo-qt on Rocky Linux 8.

What is mediainfo-qt

MediaInfo (Graphical User Interface). What information can I get from MediaInfo? * General * Video * Audio * Text * Chapters DivX, XviD, H263, H.263, H264, x264, ASP, AVC, iTunes, MPEG-1, MPEG1, MPEG-2, MPEG2, MPEG-4, MPEG4, MP4, M4A, M4V, QuickTime, RealVideo, RealAudio, RA, RM, MSMPEG4v1, MSMPEG4v2, MSMPEG4v3, VOB, DVD, WMA, VMW, ASF, 3GP, 3GPP, 3GP2 What format (container) does MediaInfo support? * Video MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DVD (VOB) (Codecs H.264, AVC…) * Audio * Subtitles

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

Install mediainfo-qt 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 mediainfo-qt using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mediainfo-qt

Install mediainfo-qt 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 mediainfo-qt using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mediainfo-qt

How To Uninstall mediainfo-qt on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the mediainfo-qt package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mediainfo-qt

mediainfo-qt Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/mediainfo-qt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c/4590c8fc5e42c5efe61e0974c7f0fd2c41a634
/usr/share/applications/mediainfo-qt.desktop
/usr/share/doc/mediainfo-qt
/usr/share/doc/mediainfo-qt/History_GUI.txt
/usr/share/doc/mediainfo-qt/ReadMe_GUI_Linux.txt
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/mediainfo.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/mediainfo.svg
/usr/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/mediainfo-qt.desktop
/usr/share/pixmaps/mediainfo.png

References

Summary

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