How To Install libavc1394.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavc1394.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. libavc1394.i686 is Audio/Video Control library for IEEE-1394 devices

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavc1394.i686 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `libavc1394.i686`

The libavc1394 library allows utilities to control IEEE-1394 devices using the AV/C specification. Audio/Video Control allows applications to control devices like the tape on a VCR or camcorder.

We can use yum to install libavc1394.i686 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libavc1394.i686.

Install libavc1394.i686 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 libavc1394.i686 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libavc1394.i686

How To Uninstall libavc1394.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the libavc1394.i686 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove libavc1394.i686

libavc1394.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/dvcont
/usr/bin/mkrfc2734
/usr/bin/panelctl
/usr/lib/libavc1394.so.0
/usr/lib/libavc1394.so.0.3.0
/usr/lib/librom1394.so.0
/usr/lib/librom1394.so.0.3.0
/usr/share/doc/libavc1394-0.5.3
/usr/share/doc/libavc1394-0.5.3/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libavc1394-0.5.3/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libavc1394-0.5.3/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libavc1394-0.5.3/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libavc1394-0.5.3/README
/usr/share/doc/libavc1394-0.5.3/TODO
/usr/share/man/man1/dvcont.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mkrfc2734.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/panelctl.1.gz

References

libavc1394.i686 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavc1394.i686 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.