How To Install libtheora.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtheora.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. libtheora.x86_64 is Theora Video Compression Codec

Introduction

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

What is `libtheora.x86_64`

Theora is Xiph.Org’s first publicly released video codec, intended for use within the Ogg’s project’s Ogg multimedia streaming system. Theora is derived directly from On2’s VP3 codec; Currently the two are nearly identical, varying only in encapsulating decoder tables in the bitstream headers, but Theora will make use of this extra freedom in the future to improve over what is possible with VP3.

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

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

sudo yum -y install libtheora.x86_64

How To Uninstall libtheora.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove libtheora.x86_64

libtheora.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libtheora.so.0
/usr/lib64/libtheora.so.0.3.10
/usr/lib64/libtheoradec.so.1
/usr/lib64/libtheoradec.so.1.1.4
/usr/lib64/libtheoraenc.so.1
/usr/lib64/libtheoraenc.so.1.1.2
/usr/share/doc/libtheora-1.1.1
/usr/share/doc/libtheora-1.1.1/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libtheora-1.1.1/README

References

libtheora.x86_64 website

Summary

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