How To Install codec2 on CentOS 8

codec2 is Next-Generation Digital Voice for Two-Way Radio

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install codec2 on CentOS 8.

What is codec2

Codec 2 is an open source (LGPL licensed) speech codec for 2400 bit/s and below. This is the runtime library package.

We can use yum or dnf to install codec2 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install codec2.

Install codec2 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 codec2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install codec2

Install codec2 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 codec2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install codec2

How To Uninstall codec2 on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the codec2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove codec2

codec2 Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5f
/usr/lib/.build-id/5f/50d58de7a6191a3e7f5643f03d79884145116d
/usr/lib64/libcodec2.so.0.8
/usr/share/doc/codec2
/usr/share/doc/codec2/README
/usr/share/licenses/codec2
/usr/share/licenses/codec2/COPYING

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install codec2 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.