How To Install speex on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install speex on CentOS 8.
What is speex
Speex is a patent-free compression format designed especially for speech. It is specialized for voice communications at low bit-rates in the 2-45 kbps range. Possible applications include Voice over IP (VoIP), Internet audio streaming, audio books, and archiving of speech data (e.g. voice mail). speex 1.2.0 1.el8 x86_64 71 k speex-1.2.0-1.el8.src.rpm appstream A voice compression format (codec) https BSD Speex is a patent-free compression format designed especially for speech. It is specialized for voice communications at low bit-rates in the 2-45 kbps range. Possible applications include Voice over IP (VoIP), Internet audio streaming, audio books, and archiving of speech data (e.g. voice mail).
We can use yum or dnf to install speex on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install speex.
Install speex 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 speex using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install speex
Install speex 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 speex using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install speex
How To Uninstall speex on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the speex package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove speex
speex Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b/aaf13821bb944acc05a45351d22f55cd90137b
/usr/lib/libspeex.so.1
/usr/lib/libspeex.so.1.5.1
/usr/share/doc/speex
/usr/share/doc/speex/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/speex/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/speex/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/speex/README
/usr/share/doc/speex/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/speex
/usr/share/licenses/speex/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9/d30090275ad6aaa0c6e45f0043276bfeaca6d0
/usr/lib64/libspeex.so.1
/usr/lib64/libspeex.so.1.5.1
/usr/share/doc/speex
/usr/share/doc/speex/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/speex/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/speex/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/speex/README
/usr/share/doc/speex/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/speex
/usr/share/licenses/speex/COPYING
References
- [speex website](https://www.speex.org/ https://www.speex.org/)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install speex on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.