How To Install speex.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install speex.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. speex.x86_64 is A voice compression format (codec)

Introduction

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

What is `speex.x86_64`

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

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

sudo yum -y install speex.x86_64

How To Uninstall speex.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove speex.x86_64

speex.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libspeex.so.1
/usr/lib64/libspeex.so.1.5.0
/usr/lib64/libspeexdsp.so.1
/usr/lib64/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.x86_64 website

Summary

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