How To Install libdvdnav.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdvdnav.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. libdvdnav.x86_64 is A library for reading DVD video discs based on Ogle code

Introduction

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

What is `libdvdnav.x86_64`

libdvdnav provides a simple library for reading DVD video discs. The code is based on Ogle and used in, among others, the Xine dvdnav plug-in.

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

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

sudo yum -y install libdvdnav.x86_64

How To Uninstall libdvdnav.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove libdvdnav.x86_64

libdvdnav.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libdvdnav.so.4
/usr/lib64/libdvdnav.so.4.2.0
/usr/share/doc/libdvdnav-5.0.3
/usr/share/doc/libdvdnav-5.0.3/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libdvdnav-5.0.3/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libdvdnav-5.0.3/README

References

libdvdnav.x86_64 website

Summary

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