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
/usr/lib/.build-id/14
/usr/lib/.build-id/14/450387bc623e4e54130ca76886275860c59482
/usr/lib/.build-id/19
/usr/lib/.build-id/19/00b608af61b2d9e4e059e3c983d7b7bf5ada27
/usr/lib/.build-id/27
/usr/lib/.build-id/27/2e72bb0e5239fac93aa201a2b389d9851ac969
/usr/lib/.build-id/27/64235fed6b3858985f3f5cb09792cc01929243
/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
/usr/lib/.build-id/53
/usr/lib/.build-id/53/6a1dc4676935416e55ad7c76d8453e17664194
/usr/lib/.build-id/55
/usr/lib/.build-id/55/6affaa4704324883f0bb9c68d12f8f426d8e5b
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b/c4c362d5e8daada0bfb8e7039abda50fc11903
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c/797a74becf5268c58072819e1b7cf33b15ae40
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a/5bca1a27df4f6fca6ecd57eab45d9c21afbc7f
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1/4c027cbcfb84d87cb16b2c5ccea6e80ed57b3a
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb/c480236bdce15cbcde50e9ea508cb6b23cb857
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb/28421fed97bed4a2bc8cc743d6231369065ff7
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5/d23973ad46e3ccc7b0c5e8ab932ae6f979675a
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec/6fccd9765c08f4a1c5825f15c18743a3643a0f
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2/bc7a26f5072f8fa39f51fe999436cb8725c786
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff
/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

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer1 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.