How To Install gavl.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install gavl.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. gavl.x86_64 is A library for handling uncompressed audio and video data

Introduction

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

What is `gavl.x86_64`

Gavl is a library for handling and converting uncompressed audio and video data. It provides datatypes for audio/video formats and standardized structures to store the data. It supports converting between all formats. Some conversion functions are available in multiple versions (MMX…), which are selected by compile time configuration, CPU autodetection and user options.

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

Install gavl.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 gavl.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gavl.x86_64

How To Uninstall gavl.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove gavl.x86_64

gavl.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libgavl.so.1
/usr/lib64/libgavl.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/gavl-1.4.0
/usr/share/doc/gavl-1.4.0/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gavl-1.4.0/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/gavl-1.4.0/README
/usr/share/doc/gavl-1.4.0/TODO

References

gavl.x86_64 website

Summary

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