How To Install asdcplib on CentOS 8

asdcplib is AS-DCP file access libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install asdcplib on CentOS 8.

What is asdcplib

Open source implementation of SMPTE and the MXF Interop \u201cSound & Picture Track File\u201d format. It was originally developed with support from DCI. Development is currently supported by CineCert and other d-cinema manufacturers. It supports reading and writing MXF files containing sound (PCM), picture (JPEG 2000 or MPEG-2) and timed-text (XML) essence. plain text and cipher text are both supported using OpenSSL for cryptographic support.

We can use yum or dnf to install asdcplib on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install asdcplib.

Install asdcplib on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install asdcplib using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install asdcplib

Install asdcplib on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install asdcplib using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install asdcplib

How To Uninstall asdcplib on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the asdcplib package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove asdcplib

asdcplib Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/08
/usr/lib/.build-id/08/11c70e55289838816e6855c21f92cac335d1db
/usr/lib/.build-id/59
/usr/lib/.build-id/59/da43537fd8448d1ce324af276fdf272370c63d
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9/cdfa578c46ebf1c80d3608c2f0867f3c1536db
/usr/lib64/libas02.so.2
/usr/lib64/libas02.so.2.10.38
/usr/lib64/libasdcp.so.2
/usr/lib64/libasdcp.so.2.10.38
/usr/lib64/libkumu.so.2
/usr/lib64/libkumu.so.2.10.38
/usr/share/doc/asdcplib
/usr/share/doc/asdcplib/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/asdcplib
/usr/share/licenses/asdcplib/COPYING

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install asdcplib on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.