How To Install opus on CentOS 8

opus is An audio codec for use in low-delay speech and audio communication An audio codec for use in low-delay speech and audio communication

Introduction

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

What is opus

The Opus codec is designed for interactive speech and audio transmission over the Internet. It is designed by the IETF Codec Working Group and incorporates technology from Skype’s SILK codec and Xiph.Org’s CELT codec. opus 1.3 0.4.beta.el8 x86_64 204 k opus-1.3-0.4.beta.el8.src.rpm appstream An audio codec for use in low-delay speech and audio communication https BSD The Opus codec is designed for interactive speech and audio transmission over the Internet. It is designed by the IETF Codec Working Group and incorporates technology from Skype’s SILK codec and Xiph.Org’s CELT codec.

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

Install opus 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 opus using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install opus

Install opus 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 opus using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install opus

How To Uninstall opus on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove opus

opus Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/01
/usr/lib/.build-id/01/d2502ada61a0537bc873e6c886337c09266552
/usr/lib/libopus.so.0
/usr/lib/libopus.so.0.6.1
/usr/share/licenses/opus
/usr/share/licenses/opus/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e/d464e80dbc268fde115d4824593460956def1d
/usr/lib64/libopus.so.0
/usr/lib64/libopus.so.0.6.1
/usr/share/licenses/opus
/usr/share/licenses/opus/COPYING

References

Summary

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