How To Install libmediainfo on Fedora 34

libmediainfo is Library for supplies technical and tag information about a video or audio file Library for supplies technical and tag information about a video or audio file

Introduction

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

What is `libmediainfo`

This package contains the shared library for MediaInfo. MediaInfo supplies technical and tag information about a video or audio file. What information can I get from MediaInfo? * General * Video * Audio * Text * Chapters DivX, XviD, H263, H.263, H264, x264, ASP, AVC, iTunes, MPEG-1, MPEG1, MPEG-2, MPEG2, MPEG-4, MPEG4, MP4, M4A, M4V, QuickTime, RealVideo, RealAudio, RA, RM, MSMPEG4v1, MSMPEG4v2, MSMPEG4v3, VOB, DVD, WMA, VMW, ASF, 3GP, 3GPP, 3GP2 What format (container) does MediaInfo support? * Video MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DVD (VOB) (Codecs H.264, AVC…) * Audio * Subtitles libmediainfo 21.03 1.fc34 x86_64 2.4 M libmediainfo-21.03-1.fc34.src.rpm fedora Library for supplies technical and tag information about a video or audio file http BSD This package contains the shared library for MediaInfo. MediaInfo supplies technical and tag information about a video or audio file. What information can I get from MediaInfo? * General * Video * Audio * Text * Chapters DivX, XviD, H263, H.263, H264, x264, ASP, AVC, iTunes, MPEG-1, MPEG1, MPEG-2, MPEG2, MPEG-4, MPEG4, MP4, M4A, M4V, QuickTime, RealVideo, RealAudio, RA, RM, MSMPEG4v1, MSMPEG4v2, MSMPEG4v3, VOB, DVD, WMA, VMW, ASF, 3GP, 3GPP, 3GP2 What format (container) does MediaInfo support? * Video MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DVD (VOB) (Codecs H.264, AVC…) * Audio * Subtitles

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

Install libmediainfo 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 libmediainfo using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libmediainfo

Install libmediainfo 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 libmediainfo using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libmediainfo

How To Uninstall libmediainfo on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libmediainfo

libmediainfo Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/73
/usr/lib/.build-id/73/8b1353b559c4ef989083d0cbe9114c95fcdfff
/usr/lib/libmediainfo.so.0
/usr/lib/libmediainfo.so.0.2103.0
/usr/share/doc/libmediainfo
/usr/share/doc/libmediainfo/History.txt
/usr/share/doc/libmediainfo/ReadMe.txt
/usr/share/licenses/libmediainfo
/usr/share/licenses/libmediainfo/License.html
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4/631cdb575f21516a280ceae94b1dee7acb26f8
/usr/lib64/libmediainfo.so.0
/usr/lib64/libmediainfo.so.0.2103.0
/usr/share/doc/libmediainfo
/usr/share/doc/libmediainfo/History.txt
/usr/share/doc/libmediainfo/ReadMe.txt
/usr/share/licenses/libmediainfo
/usr/share/licenses/libmediainfo/License.html

References

[libmediainfo website](http://mediaarea.net/MediaInfo http://mediaarea.net/MediaInfo)

Summary

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