How To Install vorbis-tools.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install vorbis-tools.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. vorbis-tools.x86_64 is The Vorbis General Audio Compression Codec tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vorbis-tools.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `vorbis-tools.x86_64`

Ogg Vorbis is a fully open, non-proprietary, patent- and royalty-free, general-purpose compressed audio format for audio and music at fixed and variable bitrates from 16 to 128 kbps/channel. The vorbis package contains an encoder, a decoder, a playback tool, and a comment editor.

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

Install vorbis-tools.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 vorbis-tools.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install vorbis-tools.x86_64

How To Uninstall vorbis-tools.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the vorbis-tools.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove vorbis-tools.x86_64

vorbis-tools.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/ogg123
/usr/bin/oggdec
/usr/bin/oggenc
/usr/bin/ogginfo
/usr/bin/vcut
/usr/bin/vorbiscomment
/usr/share/doc/vorbis-tools-1.4.0
/usr/share/doc/vorbis-tools-1.4.0/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/vorbis-tools-1.4.0/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/vorbis-tools-1.4.0/README
/usr/share/doc/vorbis-tools-1.4.0/ogg123rc-example
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/vorbis-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/vorbis-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/vorbis-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/vorbis-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/vorbis-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/vorbis-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/vorbis-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/vorbis-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/vorbis-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/vorbis-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/vorbis-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/vorbis-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/vorbis-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/vorbis-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/vorbis-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/vorbis-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/vorbis-tools.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/ogg123.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/oggdec.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/oggenc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ogginfo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/vcut.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/vorbiscomment.1.gz

References

vorbis-tools.x86_64 website

Summary

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