How To Install libcrystalhd on Fedora 34

libcrystalhd is Broadcom Crystal HD device interface library Broadcom Crystal HD device interface library

Introduction

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

What is `libcrystalhd`

The libcrystalhd library provides userspace access to Broadcom Crystal HD video decoder devices. The device supports hardware decoding of MPEG-2, h.264 and VC1 video codecs, up to 1080p at 40fps for the first-generation bcm970012 hardware, and up to 1080p at 60fps for the second-generation bcm970015 hardware. libcrystalhd 3.10.0 25.fc34 x86_64 59 k libcrystalhd-3.10.0-25.fc34.src.rpm fedora Broadcom Crystal HD device interface library http LGPLv2 The libcrystalhd library provides userspace access to Broadcom Crystal HD video decoder devices. The device supports hardware decoding of MPEG-2, h.264 and VC1 video codecs, up to 1080p at 40fps for the first-generation bcm970012 hardware, and up to 1080p at 60fps for the second-generation bcm970015 hardware.

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

Install libcrystalhd 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 libcrystalhd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libcrystalhd

Install libcrystalhd 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 libcrystalhd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libcrystalhd

How To Uninstall libcrystalhd on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libcrystalhd

libcrystalhd Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd/aae1ebb22ee33795f3c2dc4f75c7226aacc175
/usr/lib64/libcrystalhd.so.3
/usr/lib64/libcrystalhd.so.3.6
/usr/share/doc/libcrystalhd
/usr/share/doc/libcrystalhd/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/libcrystalhd/README_07032010
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8/0272adf6e45b1dc1c743001d7f95c830e82293
/usr/lib/libcrystalhd.so.3
/usr/lib/libcrystalhd.so.3.6
/usr/share/doc/libcrystalhd
/usr/share/doc/libcrystalhd/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/libcrystalhd/README_07032010

References

[libcrystalhd website](http://www.broadcom.com/support/crystal-hd/ http://www.broadcom.com/support/crystal-hd/)

Summary

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