How To Install gsm-tools.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install gsm-tools.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. gsm-tools.x86_64 is GSM speech compressor tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gsm-tools.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `gsm-tools.x86_64`

Contains command line utilities for libgsm, an implementation of the European GSM 06.10 provisional standard for full-rate speech transcoding, prI-ETS 300 036, which uses RPE/LTP (residual pulse excitation/long term prediction) coding at 13 kbit/s.

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

Install gsm-tools.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 gsm-tools.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gsm-tools.x86_64

How To Uninstall gsm-tools.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the gsm-tools.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove gsm-tools.x86_64

gsm-tools.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/tcat
/usr/bin/toast
/usr/bin/untoast
/usr/share/man/man1/toast.1.gz

References

gsm-tools.x86_64 website

Summary

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