How To Install farstream.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install farstream.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. farstream.x86_64 is Libraries for videoconferencing

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install farstream.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `farstream.x86_64`

farstream is a collection of GStreamer modules and libraries for videoconferencing.

We can use yum to install farstream.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install farstream.x86_64.

Install farstream.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install farstream.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install farstream.x86_64

How To Uninstall farstream.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the farstream.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove farstream.x86_64

farstream.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/farstream-0.1
/usr/lib64/farstream-0.1/libmulticast-transmitter.so
/usr/lib64/farstream-0.1/libnice-transmitter.so
/usr/lib64/farstream-0.1/librawudp-transmitter.so
/usr/lib64/farstream-0.1/libshm-transmitter.so
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/Farstream-0.1.typelib
/usr/lib64/gstreamer-0.10/libfsfunnel.so
/usr/lib64/gstreamer-0.10/libfsmsnconference.so
/usr/lib64/gstreamer-0.10/libfsrawconference.so
/usr/lib64/gstreamer-0.10/libfsrtcpfilter.so
/usr/lib64/gstreamer-0.10/libfsrtpconference.so
/usr/lib64/gstreamer-0.10/libfsvideoanyrate.so
/usr/lib64/libfarstream-0.1.so.0
/usr/lib64/libfarstream-0.1.so.0.0.1
/usr/share/doc/farstream-0.1.2
/usr/share/doc/farstream-0.1.2/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/farstream-0.1.2/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/farstream-0.1.2/NEWS
/usr/share/farstream
/usr/share/farstream/0.1
/usr/share/farstream/0.1/fsrawconference
/usr/share/farstream/0.1/fsrawconference/default-element-properties
/usr/share/farstream/0.1/fsrtpconference
/usr/share/farstream/0.1/fsrtpconference/default-codec-preferences
/usr/share/farstream/0.1/fsrtpconference/default-element-properties

References

farstream.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install farstream.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.