How To Install mpg123-libs.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install mpg123-libs.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. mpg123-libs.i686 is Pulseaudio output plug-in for mpg123

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mpg123-libs.i686 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `mpg123-libs.i686`

Real time MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 audio player/decoder for layers 1, 2 and 3 (most commonly MPEG 1.0 layer 3 aka MP3), as well as re-usable decoding and output libraries.

We can use yum to install mpg123-libs.i686 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mpg123-libs.i686.

Install mpg123-libs.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 mpg123-libs.i686 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mpg123-libs.i686

How To Uninstall mpg123-libs.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the mpg123-libs.i686 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove mpg123-libs.i686

mpg123-libs.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/libmpg123.so.0
/usr/lib/libmpg123.so.0.44.5
/usr/lib/libout123.so.0
/usr/lib/libout123.so.0.2.1
/usr/share/doc/mpg123-libs-1.25.6
/usr/share/doc/mpg123-libs-1.25.6/NEWS
/usr/share/licenses/mpg123-libs-1.25.6
/usr/share/licenses/mpg123-libs-1.25.6/COPYING

References

mpg123-libs.i686 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mpg123-libs.i686 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.