How To Install libvorbis.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvorbis.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. libvorbis.x86_64 is The Vorbis General Audio Compression Codec

Introduction

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

What is `libvorbis.x86_64`

Ogg Vorbis is a fully open, non-proprietary, patent- and royalty-free, general-purpose compressed audio format for audio and music at fixed and variable bitrates. The libvorbis package contains runtime libraries for use in programs that support Ogg Vorbis.

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

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

sudo yum -y install libvorbis.x86_64

How To Uninstall libvorbis.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove libvorbis.x86_64

libvorbis.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libvorbis.so.0
/usr/lib64/libvorbis.so.0.4.6
/usr/lib64/libvorbisenc.so.2
/usr/lib64/libvorbisenc.so.2.0.9
/usr/lib64/libvorbisfile.so.3
/usr/lib64/libvorbisfile.so.3.3.5
/usr/share/doc/libvorbis-1.3.3
/usr/share/doc/libvorbis-1.3.3/COPYING

References

libvorbis.x86_64 website

Summary

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