How To Install gavl on Fedora 34

gavl is A library for handling uncompressed audio and video data A library for handling uncompressed audio and video data

Introduction

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

What is `gavl`

Gavl is a library for handling and converting uncompressed audio and video data. It provides datatypes for audio/video formats and standardized structures to store the data. It supports converting between all formats. Some conversion functions are available in multiple versions (MMX…), which are selected by compile time configuration, CPU autodetection and user options. gavl 1.4.0 18.fc34 x86_64 3.0 M gavl-1.4.0-18.fc34.src.rpm fedora A library for handling uncompressed audio and video data http GPLv3+ Gavl is a library for handling and converting uncompressed audio and video data. It provides datatypes for audio/video formats and standardized structures to store the data. It supports converting between all formats. Some conversion functions are available in multiple versions (MMX…), which are selected by compile time configuration, CPU autodetection and user options.

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

Install gavl 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 gavl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gavl

Install gavl 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 gavl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gavl

How To Uninstall gavl on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove gavl

gavl Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c/02c5b026fc5b80c6a0b0f229d8e0005e70881c
/usr/lib64/libgavl.so.1
/usr/lib64/libgavl.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/gavl
/usr/share/doc/gavl/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gavl/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/gavl/README
/usr/share/doc/gavl/TODO
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e6
/usr/lib/.build-id/e6/08481604932be6c8f77b7f90d67d92ce4c2d64
/usr/lib/libgavl.so.1
/usr/lib/libgavl.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/gavl
/usr/share/doc/gavl/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gavl/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/gavl/README
/usr/share/doc/gavl/TODO

References

[gavl website](http://gmerlin.sourceforge.net/ http://gmerlin.sourceforge.net/)

Summary

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