How To Install qt5-qtmultimedia on CentOS 8

qt5-qtmultimedia is Qt5 - Multimedia support Qt5 - Multimedia support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qt5-qtmultimedia on CentOS 8.

What is `qt5-qtmultimedia`

The Qt Multimedia module provides a rich feature set that enables you to easily take advantage of a platforms multimedia capabilites and hardware. This ranges from the playback and recording of audio and video content to the use of available devices like cameras and radios. qt5-qtmultimedia 5.12.5 1.el8 x86_64 869 k qt5-qtmultimedia-5.12.5-1.el8.src.rpm appstream Qt5 - Multimedia support http LGPLv2 with exceptions or GPLv3 with exceptions The Qt Multimedia module provides a rich feature set that enables you to easily take advantage of a platforms multimedia capabilites and hardware. This ranges from the playback and recording of audio and video content to the use of available devices like cameras and radios.

We can use yum or dnf to install qt5-qtmultimedia on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install qt5-qtmultimedia.

Install qt5-qtmultimedia 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 qt5-qtmultimedia using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install qt5-qtmultimedia

Install qt5-qtmultimedia 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 qt5-qtmultimedia using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install qt5-qtmultimedia

How To Uninstall qt5-qtmultimedia on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the qt5-qtmultimedia package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove qt5-qtmultimedia

qt5-qtmultimedia Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/17
/usr/lib/.build-id/17/dd0428ff933560520aed23a33e419964d004a0
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/usr/lib/.build-id/8a
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a/5b499752243a75b6d7520a7f75757ab6a27dcb
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/usr/lib/.build-id/91/fb0bb80ea5620b077dce1d1c9a1a22047981b5
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6/c766b4b83d137944a10da38b01fdad2e0dacde
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6/f44e550fd06f2de43c381c897f235e91e7897f
/usr/lib64/cmake/Qt5Multimedia
/usr/lib64/cmake/Qt5Multimedia/Qt5Multimedia_CameraBinServicePlugin.cmake
/usr/lib64/cmake/Qt5Multimedia/Qt5Multimedia_QAlsaPlugin.cmake
/usr/lib64/cmake/Qt5Multimedia/Qt5Multimedia_QGstreamerAudioDecoderServicePlugin.cmake
/usr/lib64/cmake/Qt5Multimedia/Qt5Multimedia_QGstreamerCaptureServicePlugin.cmake
/usr/lib64/cmake/Qt5Multimedia/Qt5Multimedia_QGstreamerPlayerServicePlugin.cmake
/usr/lib64/cmake/Qt5Multimedia/Qt5Multimedia_QM3uPlaylistPlugin.cmake
/usr/lib64/cmake/Qt5Multimedia/Qt5Multimedia_QPulseAudioPlugin.cmake
/usr/lib64/cmake/Qt5MultimediaWidgets
/usr/lib64/libQt5Multimedia.so.5
/usr/lib64/libQt5Multimedia.so.5.12
/usr/lib64/libQt5Multimedia.so.5.12.5
/usr/lib64/libQt5MultimediaGstTools.so.5
/usr/lib64/libQt5MultimediaGstTools.so.5.12
/usr/lib64/libQt5MultimediaGstTools.so.5.12.5
/usr/lib64/libQt5MultimediaQuick.so.5
/usr/lib64/libQt5MultimediaQuick.so.5.12
/usr/lib64/libQt5MultimediaQuick.so.5.12.5
/usr/lib64/libQt5MultimediaWidgets.so.5
/usr/lib64/libQt5MultimediaWidgets.so.5.12
/usr/lib64/libQt5MultimediaWidgets.so.5.12.5
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/audio
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/audio/libqtaudio_alsa.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/audio/libqtmedia_pulse.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/mediaservice
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/mediaservice/libgstaudiodecoder.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/mediaservice/libgstcamerabin.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/mediaservice/libgstmediacapture.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/mediaservice/libgstmediaplayer.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/playlistformats
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/playlistformats/libqtmultimedia_m3u.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtAudioEngine
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtAudioEngine/libdeclarative_audioengine.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtAudioEngine/plugins.qmltypes
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtAudioEngine/qmldir
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtMultimedia
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtMultimedia/Video.qml
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtMultimedia/libdeclarative_multimedia.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtMultimedia/plugins.qmltypes
/usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtMultimedia/qmldir
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtmultimedia
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtmultimedia/LICENSE.FDL
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtmultimedia/LICENSE.GPL2
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtmultimedia/LICENSE.GPL3
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtmultimedia/LICENSE.GPL3-EXCEPT
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtmultimedia/LICENSE.LGPL3
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/36
/usr/lib/.build-id/36/2dcaf5b1242e3e3bee97908f173553607ff18b
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/usr/lib/.build-id/c7/37e650a1a5e0c34d42343f128294a46f2dee96
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/usr/lib/.build-id/c8/e400b4dd3382d1e2a6a2f6820dd3ff6985075e
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2/4f7a97d1c113a6f849357c4578939d59813ab9
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/usr/lib/.build-id/fa/4ac30c3e7a461f8a4b1e8d5b26c820da7d7ea6
/usr/lib/cmake/Qt5Multimedia
/usr/lib/cmake/Qt5Multimedia/Qt5Multimedia_CameraBinServicePlugin.cmake
/usr/lib/cmake/Qt5Multimedia/Qt5Multimedia_QAlsaPlugin.cmake
/usr/lib/cmake/Qt5Multimedia/Qt5Multimedia_QGstreamerAudioDecoderServicePlugin.cmake
/usr/lib/cmake/Qt5Multimedia/Qt5Multimedia_QGstreamerCaptureServicePlugin.cmake
/usr/lib/cmake/Qt5Multimedia/Qt5Multimedia_QGstreamerPlayerServicePlugin.cmake
/usr/lib/cmake/Qt5Multimedia/Qt5Multimedia_QM3uPlaylistPlugin.cmake
/usr/lib/cmake/Qt5Multimedia/Qt5Multimedia_QPulseAudioPlugin.cmake
/usr/lib/cmake/Qt5MultimediaWidgets
/usr/lib/libQt5Multimedia.so.5
/usr/lib/libQt5Multimedia.so.5.12
/usr/lib/libQt5Multimedia.so.5.12.5
/usr/lib/libQt5MultimediaGstTools.so.5
/usr/lib/libQt5MultimediaGstTools.so.5.12
/usr/lib/libQt5MultimediaGstTools.so.5.12.5
/usr/lib/libQt5MultimediaQuick.so.5
/usr/lib/libQt5MultimediaQuick.so.5.12
/usr/lib/libQt5MultimediaQuick.so.5.12.5
/usr/lib/libQt5MultimediaWidgets.so.5
/usr/lib/libQt5MultimediaWidgets.so.5.12
/usr/lib/libQt5MultimediaWidgets.so.5.12.5
/usr/lib/qt5/plugins/audio
/usr/lib/qt5/plugins/audio/libqtaudio_alsa.so
/usr/lib/qt5/plugins/audio/libqtmedia_pulse.so
/usr/lib/qt5/plugins/mediaservice
/usr/lib/qt5/plugins/mediaservice/libgstaudiodecoder.so
/usr/lib/qt5/plugins/mediaservice/libgstcamerabin.so
/usr/lib/qt5/plugins/mediaservice/libgstmediacapture.so
/usr/lib/qt5/plugins/mediaservice/libgstmediaplayer.so
/usr/lib/qt5/plugins/playlistformats
/usr/lib/qt5/plugins/playlistformats/libqtmultimedia_m3u.so
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/QtAudioEngine
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/QtAudioEngine/libdeclarative_audioengine.so
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/QtAudioEngine/plugins.qmltypes
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/QtAudioEngine/qmldir
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/QtMultimedia
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/QtMultimedia/Video.qml
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/QtMultimedia/libdeclarative_multimedia.so
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/QtMultimedia/plugins.qmltypes
/usr/lib/qt5/qml/QtMultimedia/qmldir
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtmultimedia
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtmultimedia/LICENSE.FDL
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtmultimedia/LICENSE.GPL2
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtmultimedia/LICENSE.GPL3
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtmultimedia/LICENSE.GPL3-EXCEPT
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtmultimedia/LICENSE.LGPL3

References

[qt5-qtmultimedia website](http://www.qt.io http://www.qt.io)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qt5-qtmultimedia on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.