How To Install libshout on Fedora 34

libshout is Icecast source streaming library Icecast source streaming library

Introduction

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

What is `libshout`

libshout is a library for communicating with and sending data to an icecast server. It handles the socket connection, the timing of the data, and prevents most bad data from getting to the icecast server. libshout 2.4.3 3.fc34 x86_64 68 k libshout-2.4.3-3.fc34.src.rpm fedora Icecast source streaming library https LGPLv2+ and MIT libshout is a library for communicating with and sending data to an icecast server. It handles the socket connection, the timing of the data, and prevents most bad data from getting to the icecast server.

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

Install libshout 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 libshout using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libshout

Install libshout 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 libshout using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libshout

How To Uninstall libshout on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libshout

libshout Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f/136ff3c680158c7426d90ddd70abb88507d283
/usr/lib/libshout.so.3
/usr/lib/libshout.so.3.2.0
/usr/share/doc/libshout
/usr/share/doc/libshout/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libshout/README
/usr/share/licenses/libshout
/usr/share/licenses/libshout/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6/131dfaf6bb33da07bafdee567a2e787e5e2b53
/usr/lib64/libshout.so.3
/usr/lib64/libshout.so.3.2.0
/usr/share/doc/libshout
/usr/share/doc/libshout/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libshout/README
/usr/share/licenses/libshout
/usr/share/licenses/libshout/COPYING

References

[libshout website](https://www.icecast.org/ https://www.icecast.org/)

Summary

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