How To Install speex.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install speex.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. speex.i686 is A voice compression format (codec)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install speex.i686 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `speex.i686`

Speex is a patent-free compression format designed especially for speech. It is specialized for voice communications at low bit-rates in the 2-45 kbps range. Possible applications include Voice over IP (VoIP), Internet audio streaming, audio books, and archiving of speech data (e.g. voice mail).

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

Install speex.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 speex.i686 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install speex.i686

How To Uninstall speex.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the speex.i686 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove speex.i686

speex.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/libspeex.so.1
/usr/lib/libspeex.so.1.5.0
/usr/lib/libspeexdsp.so.1
/usr/lib/libspeexdsp.so.1.5.0
/usr/share/doc/speex-1.2
/usr/share/doc/speex-1.2/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/speex-1.2/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/speex-1.2/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/speex-1.2/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/speex-1.2/README
/usr/share/doc/speex-1.2/TODO

References

speex.i686 website

Summary

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