How To Install sbc.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install sbc.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. sbc.x86_64 is Sub Band Codec used by bluetooth A2DP

Introduction

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

What is `sbc.x86_64`

SBC (Sub Band Codec) is a low-complexity audio codec used in the Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) bluetooth standard but can be used standalone. It uses 4 or 8 subbands, an adaptive bit allocation algorithm in combination with an adaptive block PCM quantizers.

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

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

sudo yum -y install sbc.x86_64

How To Uninstall sbc.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove sbc.x86_64

sbc.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/sbcdec
/usr/bin/sbcenc
/usr/bin/sbcinfo
/usr/lib64/libsbc.so.1
/usr/lib64/libsbc.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/sbc-1.0
/usr/share/doc/sbc-1.0/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/sbc-1.0/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/sbc-1.0/ChangeLog

References

sbc.x86_64 website

Summary

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