How To Install libdvdread.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

Introduction

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

What is `libdvdread.x86_64`

libdvdread provides a simple foundation for reading DVD video disks. It provides the functionality that is required to access many DVDs.

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

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

sudo yum -y install libdvdread.x86_64

How To Uninstall libdvdread.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove libdvdread.x86_64

libdvdread.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libdvdread.so.4
/usr/lib64/libdvdread.so.4.2.0
/usr/share/doc/libdvdread/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libdvdread/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libdvdread/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libdvdread/README

References

libdvdread.x86_64 website

Summary

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