How To Install mediainfo on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is mediainfo

MediaInfo CLI (Command Line 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 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mediainfo.

Install mediainfo 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 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mediainfo

Install mediainfo 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 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mediainfo

How To Uninstall mediainfo on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove mediainfo

mediainfo Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/mediainfo
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1/5ceff443fe78e080e7192d1c2e77e122ebe7e0
/usr/share/doc/mediainfo
/usr/share/doc/mediainfo/History_CLI.txt
/usr/share/doc/mediainfo/ReadMe_CLI_Linux.txt
/usr/share/licenses/mediainfo
/usr/share/licenses/mediainfo/License.html

References

Summary

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