How To Install baresip-v4l2 on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install baresip-v4l2 on CentOS 8.
What is baresip-v4l2
Baresip is a modular SIP user-agent with audio and video support. These modules provide the Video4Linux video source and codec, where latter is for devices that support compressed formats such as H.264.
We can use yum or dnf to install baresip-v4l2 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install baresip-v4l2.
Install baresip-v4l2 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 baresip-v4l2 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install baresip-v4l2
Install baresip-v4l2 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 baresip-v4l2 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install baresip-v4l2
How To Uninstall baresip-v4l2 on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the baresip-v4l2 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove baresip-v4l2
baresip-v4l2 Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5/3c2d61ebfd416062cf58cb79c99ec6b6dc5822
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9/d6aa2f436907bedd77524b275a64e47af4a2bf
/usr/lib64/baresip/modules/v4l2.so
/usr/lib64/baresip/modules/v4l2_codec.so
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install baresip-v4l2 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.