How To Install flac.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2
In this tutorial we learn how to install flac.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. flac.x86_64 is An encoder/decoder for the Free Lossless Audio Codec
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install flac.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.
What is flac.x86_64
FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec. Grossly oversimplified, FLAC is similar to Ogg Vorbis, but lossless. The FLAC project consists of the stream format, reference encoders and decoders in library form, flac, a command-line program to encode and decode FLAC files, metaflac, a command-line metadata editor for FLAC files and input plugins for various music players. This package contains the command-line tools and documentation.
We can use yum to install flac.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install flac.x86_64.
Install flac.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 flac.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install flac.x86_64
How To Uninstall flac.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2
To uninstall only the flac.x86_64 package we can use the following command:
sudo yum remove flac.x86_64
flac.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2
/usr/bin/flac
/usr/bin/metaflac
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/changelog.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/comparison.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/comparison__chopin_prelude_24.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/comparison__dream_theater_600.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/comparison__eddie_warner_titus.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/comparison__fanfare_de_l_eventail_de_jeanne.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/comparison__gloria_estefan_conga.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/comparison__hand_in_my_pocket.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/comparison__l_sub_raga_sivapriya.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/comparison__laetatus_sum.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/comparison__mummified_in_barbed_wire.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/comparison__prokofiev_pcon3_3.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/comparison__ravel_sq4_4.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/comparison__scarlatti_k42.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/comparison__tool_forty_six_and_2.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/comparison__white_room.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/comparison_all_cpudectime.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/comparison_all_cpuenctime.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/comparison_all_procdectime.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/comparison_all_procenctime.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/comparison_all_ratio.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/developers.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/documentation.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/documentation_bugs.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/documentation_example_code.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/documentation_format_overview.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/documentation_tasks.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/documentation_tools.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/documentation_tools_flac.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/documentation_tools_metaflac.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/documentation_tools_plugins.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/download.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/faq.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/favicon.ico
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/features.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/flac.css
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/format.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/id.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/images
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/images/1x1.gif
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/images/cafebug.gif
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/images/hw
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/images/hw/Blackbird_Front_low3_325x87.jpg
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/images/hw/MS300frontsmall_270x108.jpg
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/images/hw/MediaBox_Frt_170x325.jpg
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/images/hw/SB_Hero_Black_325x182.jpg
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/images/hw/Sooloos-ControlOne_325x328.jpg
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/images/hw/Z500_front_325x94.jpg
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/images/hw/a2_01_325x252.jpg
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/images/hw/arcus_325x135.jpg
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/images/hw/bmp-1430_325x241.jpg
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/images/hw/cs505_front_lrg_325x113.jpg
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/images/hw/enus_3-4lft-hires_product_eva8000_325x127.jpg
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/images/hw/escient_ProductLine_325x163.jpg
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/images/hw/hifidelio_bl_front_Z_RGB_325x163.jpg
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/images/hw/i-station-mini-dx_325x237.jpg
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/images/hw/iwod-g10_325x257.jpg
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/images/hw/knc_hr-2800_325x209.jpg
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/images/hw/mediaready_prodmain_MRMCa_325x232.jpg
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/images/hw/meizu_m6_325x206.jpg
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/images/hw/musica_artwork_325x90.jpg
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/images/hw/neodigits_x5000_325x124.jpg
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/images/hw/onda-vx737_325x240.jpg
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/images/hw/request_n_front_325x103.jpg
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/images/hw/rio_karma_279x254.jpg
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/images/hw/sonos_family_RGB_325x200.jpg
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/images/hw/teclast-tl29_325x244.jpg
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/images/hw/transporter_hero_grey_325x208.jpg
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/images/hw/tvix-4000_325x204.jpg
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/images/hw/vibez_nofm_combi_black_b_325x220.jpg
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/images/logo100.gif
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/images/logo130.gif
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/index.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/itunes.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/license.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/links.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/news.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/ogg_mapping.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/ru
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/ru/authors.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/ru/comparison.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/ru/developers.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/ru/documentation.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/ru/download.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/ru/features.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/ru/format.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/ru/goals.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/ru/id.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/ru/index.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/ru/links.html
/usr/share/doc/flac-1.3.0/html/ru/news.html
/usr/share/man/man1/flac.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/metaflac.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install flac.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.