How To Install mpg123.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install mpg123.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. mpg123.x86_64 is Real time MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 audio player/decoder for layers 1, 2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mpg123.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `mpg123.x86_64`

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.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mpg123.x86_64.

Install mpg123.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 mpg123.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mpg123.x86_64

How To Uninstall mpg123.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the mpg123.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove mpg123.x86_64

mpg123.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/mpg123
/usr/bin/mpg123-id3dump
/usr/bin/mpg123-strip
/usr/bin/out123
/usr/lib64/mpg123
/usr/lib64/mpg123/output_alsa.so
/usr/lib64/mpg123/output_dummy.so
/usr/lib64/mpg123/output_oss.so
/usr/share/doc/mpg123-1.25.6
/usr/share/doc/mpg123-1.25.6/README.remote
/usr/share/man/man1/mpg123.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/out123.1.gz

References

mpg123.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mpg123.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.