How To Install gstreamer.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. gstreamer.x86_64 is GStreamer streaming media framework runtime

Introduction

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

What is `gstreamer.x86_64`

GStreamer is a streaming media framework, based on graphs of filters which operate on media data. Applications using this library can do anything from real-time sound processing to playing videos, and just about anything else media-related. Its plugin-based architecture means that new data types or processing capabilities can be added simply by installing new plugins.

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

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

sudo yum -y install gstreamer.x86_64

How To Uninstall gstreamer.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove gstreamer.x86_64

gstreamer.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/gst-feedback-0.10
/usr/bin/gst-inspect-0.10
/usr/bin/gst-launch-0.10
/usr/bin/gst-typefind-0.10
/usr/bin/gst-xmlinspect-0.10
/usr/bin/gst-xmllaunch-0.10
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/Gst-0.10.typelib
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/GstBase-0.10.typelib
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/GstCheck-0.10.typelib
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/GstController-0.10.typelib
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/GstNet-0.10.typelib
/usr/lib64/gstreamer-0.10
/usr/lib64/gstreamer-0.10/libgstcoreelements.so
/usr/lib64/gstreamer-0.10/libgstcoreindexers.so
/usr/lib64/libgstbase-0.10.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgstbase-0.10.so.0.30.0
/usr/lib64/libgstcontroller-0.10.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgstcontroller-0.10.so.0.30.0
/usr/lib64/libgstdataprotocol-0.10.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgstdataprotocol-0.10.so.0.30.0
/usr/lib64/libgstnet-0.10.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgstnet-0.10.so.0.30.0
/usr/lib64/libgstreamer-0.10.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgstreamer-0.10.so.0.30.0
/usr/libexec/gstreamer-0.10
/usr/libexec/gstreamer-0.10/gst-plugin-scanner
/usr/share/doc/gstreamer-0.10.36
/usr/share/doc/gstreamer-0.10.36/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gstreamer-0.10.36/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/gstreamer-0.10.36/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/gstreamer-0.10.36/README
/usr/share/doc/gstreamer-0.10.36/RELEASE
/usr/share/doc/gstreamer-0.10.36/TODO
/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-0.10.mo
/usr/share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-0.10.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-0.10.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-0.10.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-0.10.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-0.10.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-0.10.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-0.10.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-0.10.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-0.10.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-0.10.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-0.10.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-0.10.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-0.10.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-0.10.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-0.10.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-0.10.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-0.10.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-0.10.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-0.10.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-0.10.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-0.10.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-0.10.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-0.10.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-0.10.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-0.10.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-0.10.mo
/usr/share/locale/rw/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-0.10.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-0.10.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-0.10.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-0.10.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-0.10.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-0.10.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-0.10.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-0.10.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-0.10.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-0.10.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-0.10.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/gst-feedback-0.10.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gst-inspect-0.10.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gst-launch-0.10.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gst-typefind-0.10.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gst-xmlinspect-0.10.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gst-xmllaunch-0.10.1.gz

References

gstreamer.x86_64 website

Summary

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