How To Install libvpx on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvpx on CentOS 8.
What is libvpx
libvpx provides the VP8/VP9 SDK, which allows you to integrate your applications with the VP8 and VP9 video codecs, high quality, royalty free, open source codecs deployed on millions of computers and devices worldwide. libvpx 1.7.0 8.el8 x86_64 854 k libvpx-1.7.0-8.el8.src.rpm appstream VP8/VP9 Video Codec SDK http BSD libvpx provides the VP8/VP9 SDK, which allows you to integrate your applications with the VP8 and VP9 video codecs, high quality, royalty free, open source codecs deployed on millions of computers and devices worldwide.
We can use yum or dnf to install libvpx on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libvpx.
Install libvpx 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 libvpx using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libvpx
Install libvpx 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 libvpx using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libvpx
How To Uninstall libvpx on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the libvpx package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libvpx
libvpx Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a/36c102864cb4d94130d8faf3b82a3d54ca1814
/usr/lib/libvpx.so.5
/usr/lib/libvpx.so.5.0
/usr/lib/libvpx.so.5.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libvpx
/usr/share/doc/libvpx/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libvpx/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/libvpx/README
/usr/share/licenses/libvpx
/usr/share/licenses/libvpx/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3/87859bca1939d2b7ecc65e08d5f5b57b826cd2
/usr/lib64/libvpx.so.5
/usr/lib64/libvpx.so.5.0
/usr/lib64/libvpx.so.5.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libvpx
/usr/share/doc/libvpx/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libvpx/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/libvpx/README
/usr/share/licenses/libvpx
/usr/share/licenses/libvpx/LICENSE
References
- [libvpx website](http://www.webmproject.org/code/ http://www.webmproject.org/code/)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvpx on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.