How To Install dvdauthor on CentOS 8

dvdauthor is Command line DVD authoring tool

Introduction

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

What is dvdauthor

DVDAuthor is a set of tools to help you author the file and directory structure of a DVD-Video disc, including programmatic commands for implementing interactive behavior. It is driven by command lines and XML control files, though there are other programs that provide GUI-based front ends if you prefer.

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

Install dvdauthor 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 dvdauthor using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dvdauthor

Install dvdauthor 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 dvdauthor using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dvdauthor

How To Uninstall dvdauthor on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove dvdauthor

dvdauthor Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/dvdauthor
/usr/bin/dvddirdel
/usr/bin/dvdunauthor
/usr/bin/mpeg2desc
/usr/bin/spumux
/usr/bin/spuunmux
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/32
/usr/lib/.build-id/32/3aa9d399d7ce9c0884909cd2b690bc4d054cad
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c/4f19253a940e62db91f6d1f910b99b4c0968aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/62
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/f87b3b7af73af5ba7915b580402d24c50ed2b8
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6/6e695abe32f75478d252d5cba65906df40479b
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0/08b425613839aba3be4346a1ad692758b8896d
/usr/share/doc/dvdauthor
/usr/share/doc/dvdauthor/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/dvdauthor/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/dvdauthor/README
/usr/share/doc/dvdauthor/TODO
/usr/share/dvdauthor
/usr/share/dvdauthor/common.xsd
/usr/share/dvdauthor/dvdauthor.xsd
/usr/share/dvdauthor/spumux.xsd
/usr/share/licenses/dvdauthor
/usr/share/licenses/dvdauthor/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/dvdauthor.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dvddirdel.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dvdunauthor.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mpeg2desc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/spumux.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/spuunmux.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/video_format.7.gz

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Summary

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