How To Install libdv.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdv.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. libdv.i686 is Software decoder for DV format video

Introduction

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

What is `libdv.i686`

The Quasar DV codec (libdv) is a software codec for DV video, the encoding format used by most digital camcorders, typically those that support the IEEE 1394 (a.k.a. FireWire or i.Link) interface. libdv was developed according to the official standards for DV video

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

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

sudo yum -y install libdv.i686

How To Uninstall libdv.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove libdv.i686

libdv.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/libdv.so.4
/usr/lib/libdv.so.4.0.3
/usr/share/doc/libdv-1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libdv-1.0.0/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libdv-1.0.0/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/doc/libdv-1.0.0/ChangeLog

References

libdv.i686 website

Summary

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