How To Install baresip-x11 on CentOS 8

baresip-x11 is X11 video output driver for baresip

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install baresip-x11 on CentOS 8.

What is baresip-x11

Baresip is a modular SIP user-agent with audio and video support. This module provides the X11 video output driver.

We can use yum or dnf to install baresip-x11 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install baresip-x11.

Install baresip-x11 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-x11 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install baresip-x11

Install baresip-x11 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-x11 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install baresip-x11

How To Uninstall baresip-x11 on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the baresip-x11 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove baresip-x11

baresip-x11 Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b/ac9a7d6f33bd2f781f735fec63b1e492334145
/usr/lib64/baresip/modules/x11.so

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install baresip-x11 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.