How To Install bcg729 on Fedora 34

bcg729 is Opensource implementation of the G.729 codec Opensource implementation of the G.729 codec

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bcg729 on Fedora 34.

What is `bcg729`

bcg729 is an opensource implementation of both encoder and decoder of the ITU G729 Annex A speech codec. The library written in C 99 is fully portable and can be executed on many platforms including both ARM processor and x86. bcg729 supports concurrent channels encoding/decoding for multi call application such conferencing. bcg729 1.1.1 2.fc34 x86_64 53 k bcg729-1.1.1-2.fc34.src.rpm fedora Opensource implementation of the G.729 codec https GPLv3+ bcg729 is an opensource implementation of both encoder and decoder of the ITU G729 Annex A speech codec. The library written in C 99 is fully portable and can be executed on many platforms including both ARM processor and x86. bcg729 supports concurrent channels encoding/decoding for multi call application such conferencing.

We can use yum or dnf to install bcg729 on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bcg729.

Install bcg729 on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install bcg729 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bcg729

Install bcg729 on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install bcg729 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bcg729

How To Uninstall bcg729 on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the bcg729 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove bcg729

bcg729 Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/18
/usr/lib/.build-id/18/627f0f3223cc1269709aac2e8e738e1c00002d
/usr/lib64/libbcg729.so.0
/usr/share/doc/bcg729
/usr/share/doc/bcg729/AUTHORS.md
/usr/share/doc/bcg729/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/bcg729/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/bcg729
/usr/share/licenses/bcg729/LICENSE.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8/6a0c9a0e951bf4f6bd1f44bc25fe2649d03958
/usr/lib/libbcg729.so.0
/usr/share/doc/bcg729
/usr/share/doc/bcg729/AUTHORS.md
/usr/share/doc/bcg729/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/bcg729/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/bcg729
/usr/share/licenses/bcg729/LICENSE.txt

References

[bcg729 website](https://github.com/BelledonneCommunications/bcg729 https://github.com/BelledonneCommunications/bcg729)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bcg729 on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.