How To Install gavl on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gavl on CentOS 8.
What is gavl
Gavl is a library for handling and converting uncompressed audio and video data. It provides datatypes for audio/video formats and standardized structures to store the data. It supports converting between all formats. Some conversion functions are available in multiple versions (MMX…), which are selected by compile time configuration, CPU autodetection and user options. gavl 1.4.0 12.el8 x86_64 2.6 M gavl-1.4.0-12.el8.src.rpm appstream A library for handling uncompressed audio and video data http GPLv3+ Gavl is a library for handling and converting uncompressed audio and video data. It provides datatypes for audio/video formats and standardized structures to store the data. It supports converting between all formats. Some conversion functions are available in multiple versions (MMX…), which are selected by compile time configuration, CPU autodetection and user options.
We can use yum or dnf to install gavl on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gavl.
Install gavl 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 gavl using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install gavl
Install gavl 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 gavl using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install gavl
How To Uninstall gavl on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the gavl package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove gavl
gavl Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/18
/usr/lib/.build-id/18/80121557435c55b4b00575698c3de9d808e934
/usr/lib64/libgavl.so.1
/usr/lib64/libgavl.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/gavl
/usr/share/doc/gavl/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gavl/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/gavl/README
/usr/share/doc/gavl/TODO
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c/a5ba6bb023f18429aeef3fbebdcbf198d377c8
/usr/lib/libgavl.so.1
/usr/lib/libgavl.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/gavl
/usr/share/doc/gavl/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gavl/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/gavl/README
/usr/share/doc/gavl/TODO
References
- [gavl website](http://gmerlin.sourceforge.net/ http://gmerlin.sourceforge.net/)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gavl on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.