How To Install gstreamer1 on CentOS 8
gstreamer1 is GStreamer streaming media framework runtime GStreamer streaming media framework runtime
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer1 on CentOS 8.
What is gstreamer1
GStreamer is a streaming media framework, based on graphs of filters which operate on media data. Applications using this library can do anything from real-time sound processing to playing videos, and just about anything else media-related. Its plugin-based architecture means that new data types or processing capabilities can be added simply by installing new plugins. gstreamer1 1.16.1 2.el8 x86_64 1.3 M gstreamer1-1.16.1-2.el8.src.rpm appstream GStreamer streaming media framework runtime http LGPLv2+ GStreamer is a streaming media framework, based on graphs of filters which operate on media data. Applications using this library can do anything from real-time sound processing to playing videos, and just about anything else media-related. Its plugin-based architecture means that new data types or processing capabilities can be added simply by installing new plugins.
We can use yum or dnf to install gstreamer1 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gstreamer1.
Install gstreamer1 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 gstreamer1 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install gstreamer1
Install gstreamer1 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 gstreamer1 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install gstreamer1
How To Uninstall gstreamer1 on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the gstreamer1 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove gstreamer1
gstreamer1 Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/gst-inspect-1.0
/usr/bin/gst-launch-1.0
/usr/bin/gst-stats-1.0
/usr/bin/gst-typefind-1.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/03
/usr/lib/.build-id/03/ef84a485330715a6f0e39e6d479f7bff257f38
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/usr/lib/.build-id/28
/usr/lib/.build-id/28/8e32344eb3e4f57e6373ddc267f561f7d535cc
/usr/lib/.build-id/78
/usr/lib/.build-id/78/b9f6f182a3c76be610a6a2edbf452c1e26716c
/usr/lib/.build-id/85
/usr/lib/.build-id/85/1e3454e138c204e9b9d70b3da4c3e8d9ecc455
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8/be5859ac82fc01a342dd77074af7101d8949ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc/935dd848cf11a571d24bacfa30bbc75677176b
/usr/lib/.build-id/d4
/usr/lib/.build-id/d4/8c7c28e61c96e83d51a23b84bc450b76450870
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8/0c65b90fea25c52db741b67bf86f636c3419ba
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed/d1ee15b0674a605f1b64f8048ffaae898db77a
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee/a37a99b096ed6d1a5f154bf8cefe926705a07f
/usr/lib/rpm/fileattrs/gstreamer1.attr
/usr/lib/rpm/gstreamer1.prov
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/Gst-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/GstBase-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/GstCheck-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/GstController-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/GstNet-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/gstreamer-1.0
/usr/lib64/gstreamer-1.0/libgstcoreelements.so
/usr/lib64/gstreamer-1.0/libgstcoretracers.so
/usr/lib64/libgstbase-1.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgstbase-1.0.so.0.1601.0
/usr/lib64/libgstcheck-1.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgstcheck-1.0.so.0.1601.0
/usr/lib64/libgstcontroller-1.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgstcontroller-1.0.so.0.1601.0
/usr/lib64/libgstnet-1.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgstnet-1.0.so.0.1601.0
/usr/lib64/libgstreamer-1.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgstreamer-1.0.so.0.1601.0
/usr/libexec/gstreamer-1.0
/usr/libexec/gstreamer-1.0/gst-completion-helper
/usr/libexec/gstreamer-1.0/gst-plugin-scanner
/usr/libexec/gstreamer-1.0/gst-ptp-helper
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/gst-inspect-1.0
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/gst-launch-1.0
/usr/share/bash-completion/helpers/gst
/usr/share/doc/gstreamer1
/usr/share/doc/gstreamer1/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gstreamer1/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/gstreamer1/README
/usr/share/doc/gstreamer1/RELEASE
/usr/share/licenses/gstreamer1
/usr/share/licenses/gstreamer1/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/rw/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/gst-inspect-1.0.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gst-launch-1.0.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gst-stats-1.0.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gst-typefind-1.0.1.gz
/usr/bin/gst-inspect-1.0
/usr/bin/gst-launch-1.0
/usr/bin/gst-stats-1.0
/usr/bin/gst-typefind-1.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/19
/usr/lib/.build-id/19/0fd066f13fef517db17b345e1b9ffb3b3a6181
/usr/lib/.build-id/50
/usr/lib/.build-id/50/7d43c052d530979b1685be7f157c0332e1b1bc
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/usr/lib/.build-id/ff/b2f64b8cf1a99c2440bf7e27e276a833232a5b
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/Gst-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/GstBase-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/GstCheck-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/GstController-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/GstNet-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib/gstreamer-1.0
/usr/lib/gstreamer-1.0/libgstcoreelements.so
/usr/lib/gstreamer-1.0/libgstcoretracers.so
/usr/lib/libgstbase-1.0.so.0
/usr/lib/libgstbase-1.0.so.0.1601.0
/usr/lib/libgstcheck-1.0.so.0
/usr/lib/libgstcheck-1.0.so.0.1601.0
/usr/lib/libgstcontroller-1.0.so.0
/usr/lib/libgstcontroller-1.0.so.0.1601.0
/usr/lib/libgstnet-1.0.so.0
/usr/lib/libgstnet-1.0.so.0.1601.0
/usr/lib/libgstreamer-1.0.so.0
/usr/lib/libgstreamer-1.0.so.0.1601.0
/usr/lib/rpm/fileattrs/gstreamer1.attr
/usr/lib/rpm/gstreamer1.prov
/usr/libexec/gstreamer-1.0
/usr/libexec/gstreamer-1.0/gst-completion-helper
/usr/libexec/gstreamer-1.0/gst-plugin-scanner
/usr/libexec/gstreamer-1.0/gst-ptp-helper
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/gst-inspect-1.0
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/gst-launch-1.0
/usr/share/bash-completion/helpers/gst
/usr/share/doc/gstreamer1
/usr/share/doc/gstreamer1/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gstreamer1/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/gstreamer1/README
/usr/share/doc/gstreamer1/RELEASE
/usr/share/licenses/gstreamer1
/usr/share/licenses/gstreamer1/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/rw/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/gstreamer-1.0.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/gst-inspect-1.0.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gst-launch-1.0.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gst-stats-1.0.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gst-typefind-1.0.1.gz
References
- [gstreamer1 website](http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/ http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer1 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.