How To Install libavc1394.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavc1394.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. libavc1394.x86_64 is Audio/Video Control library for IEEE-1394 devices

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavc1394.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `libavc1394.x86_64`

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.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libavc1394.x86_64.

Install libavc1394.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 libavc1394.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libavc1394.x86_64

How To Uninstall libavc1394.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the libavc1394.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove libavc1394.x86_64

libavc1394.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/dvcont
/usr/bin/mkrfc2734
/usr/bin/panelctl
/usr/lib64/libavc1394.so.0
/usr/lib64/libavc1394.so.0.3.0
/usr/lib64/librom1394.so.0
/usr/lib64/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.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavc1394.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.