How To Install dvblast on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dvblast on CentOS 8.
What is dvblast
DVBlast is a simple and powerful streaming application based on the linux-dvb API. It opens a DVB device, tunes it, places PID filters, configures a CAM module, and demultiplexes the packets to several RTP outputs. It supports the new S2API of linux-dvb (compile option).
We can use yum or dnf to install dvblast on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dvblast.
Install dvblast 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 dvblast using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install dvblast
Install dvblast 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 dvblast using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install dvblast
How To Uninstall dvblast on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the dvblast package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove dvblast
dvblast Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/dvbiscovery.sh
/usr/bin/dvblast
/usr/bin/dvblast_mmi.sh
/usr/bin/dvblastctl
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/44
/usr/lib/.build-id/44/cc5eed940579fb7de1a0aa482343a79d1de464
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd/db77429179871d179f35e3888273a3a4a9e011
/usr/share/doc/dvblast
/usr/share/doc/dvblast/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/dvblast/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/dvblast/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/dvblast/README
/usr/share/doc/dvblast/README.dvbiscovery
/usr/share/doc/dvblast/TODO
/usr/share/dvblast
/usr/share/dvblast/dvbiscovery
/usr/share/dvblast/dvbiscovery/dvbiscovery_atsc.conf
/usr/share/dvblast/dvbiscovery/dvbiscovery_dvb-c.conf
/usr/share/dvblast/dvbiscovery/dvbiscovery_dvb-s.conf
/usr/share/dvblast/dvbiscovery/dvbiscovery_dvb-t.conf
/usr/share/licenses/dvblast
/usr/share/licenses/dvblast/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/dvblast.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dvblast on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.