How To Install libvorbis on Fedora 34

libvorbis is The Vorbis General Audio Compression Codec The Vorbis General Audio Compression Codec

Introduction

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

What is `libvorbis`

Ogg Vorbis is a fully open, non-proprietary, patent- and royalty-free, general-purpose compressed audio format for audio and music at fixed and variable bitrates. The libvorbis package contains runtime libraries for use in programs that support Ogg Vorbis. libvorbis 1 1.3.7 3.fc34 x86_64 199 k libvorbis-1.3.7-3.fc34.src.rpm fedora The Vorbis General Audio Compression Codec https BSD Ogg Vorbis is a fully open, non-proprietary, patent- and royalty-free, general-purpose compressed audio format for audio and music at fixed and variable bitrates. The libvorbis package contains runtime libraries for use in programs that support Ogg Vorbis.

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

Install libvorbis 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 libvorbis using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libvorbis

Install libvorbis 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 libvorbis using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libvorbis

How To Uninstall libvorbis on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libvorbis

libvorbis Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/08
/usr/lib/.build-id/08/6f13e67f92ffb799bf9e40e8f9bdba5b86d0b3
/usr/lib/.build-id/26
/usr/lib/.build-id/26/114f86a5c3d30cfd61364e7a6961c95a693050
/usr/lib/.build-id/83
/usr/lib/.build-id/83/dff69e96f1eb6478af74019cb8ab550f5da3d2
/usr/lib/libvorbis.so.0
/usr/lib/libvorbis.so.0.4.9
/usr/lib/libvorbisenc.so.2
/usr/lib/libvorbisenc.so.2.0.12
/usr/lib/libvorbisfile.so.3
/usr/lib/libvorbisfile.so.3.3.8
/usr/share/doc/libvorbis
/usr/share/doc/libvorbis/AUTHORS
/usr/share/licenses/libvorbis
/usr/share/licenses/libvorbis/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c/3be98b0ef09c8d54df91dee253361f13c38f4b
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee/fd80b672c3d6bc8f50b878975563959b3c331c
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa/c14153d04541ec1d3b9b7cc59c94d509aeb917
/usr/lib64/libvorbis.so.0
/usr/lib64/libvorbis.so.0.4.9
/usr/lib64/libvorbisenc.so.2
/usr/lib64/libvorbisenc.so.2.0.12
/usr/lib64/libvorbisfile.so.3
/usr/lib64/libvorbisfile.so.3.3.8
/usr/share/doc/libvorbis
/usr/share/doc/libvorbis/AUTHORS
/usr/share/licenses/libvorbis
/usr/share/licenses/libvorbis/COPYING

References

[libvorbis website](https://www.xiph.org/ https://www.xiph.org/)

Summary

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