How To Install taglib-extras on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install taglib-extras on Rocky Linux 8. taglib-extras is Taglib support for other formats

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install taglib-extras on Rocky Linux 8.

What is taglib-extras

Taglib-extras delivers support for reading and editing the meta-data of audio formats not supported by taglib, including

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

Install taglib-extras 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 taglib-extras using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install taglib-extras

Install taglib-extras 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 taglib-extras using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install taglib-extras

How To Uninstall taglib-extras on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the taglib-extras package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove taglib-extras

taglib-extras Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2/a806598d79e892f07101b0d4ae053754e2e13c
/usr/lib64/libtag-extras.so.1
/usr/lib64/libtag-extras.so.1.0.1
/usr/share/licenses/taglib-extras
/usr/share/licenses/taglib-extras/COPYING.LGPL

References

Summary

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