How To Install taglib on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install taglib on CentOS 8.
What is taglib
TagLib is a library for reading and editing the meta-data of several popular audio formats. Currently it supports both ID3v1 and ID3v2 for MP3 files, Ogg Vorbis comments and ID3 tags and Vorbis comments in FLAC, MPC, Speex, WavPack, TrueAudio files, as well as APE Tags. taglib 1.11.1 8.el8 x86_64 341 k taglib-1.11.1-8.el8.src.rpm appstream Audio Meta-Data Library http LGPLv2 or MPLv1.1 TagLib is a library for reading and editing the meta-data of several popular audio formats. Currently it supports both ID3v1 and ID3v2 for MP3 files, Ogg Vorbis comments and ID3 tags and Vorbis comments in FLAC, MPC, Speex, WavPack, TrueAudio files, as well as APE Tags.
We can use yum or dnf to install taglib on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install taglib.
Install taglib 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 taglib using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install taglib
Install taglib 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 taglib using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install taglib
How To Uninstall taglib on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the taglib package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove taglib
taglib Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/48
/usr/lib/.build-id/48/80624d22411e88d54105a67a303615e23c140b
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d/fa7bc4ab31566b156b3a715dc80a7c3bc2869c
/usr/lib64/libtag.so.1
/usr/lib64/libtag.so.1.17.0
/usr/lib64/libtag_c.so.0
/usr/lib64/libtag_c.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/taglib
/usr/share/doc/taglib/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/taglib/NEWS
/usr/share/licenses/taglib
/usr/share/licenses/taglib/COPYING.LGPL
/usr/share/licenses/taglib/COPYING.MPL
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/84
/usr/lib/.build-id/84/a4701b1fe347cd45b43199e28d557ab50598c2
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8/dc22092bdb49e115448f8cd9b5ac7fbb117849
/usr/lib/libtag.so.1
/usr/lib/libtag.so.1.17.0
/usr/lib/libtag_c.so.0
/usr/lib/libtag_c.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/taglib
/usr/share/doc/taglib/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/taglib/NEWS
/usr/share/licenses/taglib
/usr/share/licenses/taglib/COPYING.LGPL
/usr/share/licenses/taglib/COPYING.MPL
References
- [taglib website](http://taglib.github.io/ http://taglib.github.io/)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install taglib on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.