How To Install libvpx on Fedora 34

libvpx is VP8/VP9 Video Codec SDK VP8/VP9 Video Codec SDK

Introduction

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

What is libvpx

libvpx provides the VP8/VP9 SDK, which allows you to integrate your applications with the VP8 and VP9 video codecs, high quality, royalty free, open source codecs deployed on millions of computers and devices worldwide. libvpx 1.9.0 3.fc34 x86_64 1.0 M libvpx-1.9.0-3.fc34.src.rpm fedora VP8/VP9 Video Codec SDK http BSD libvpx provides the VP8/VP9 SDK, which allows you to integrate your applications with the VP8 and VP9 video codecs, high quality, royalty free, open source codecs deployed on millions of computers and devices worldwide.

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

Install libvpx 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 libvpx using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libvpx

Install libvpx 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 libvpx using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libvpx

How To Uninstall libvpx on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libvpx

libvpx Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/53
/usr/lib/.build-id/53/de4380263b3a4a1227205c7f1c7f28302d9e6d
/usr/lib/libvpx.so.6
/usr/lib/libvpx.so.6.3
/usr/lib/libvpx.so.6.3.0
/usr/share/doc/libvpx
/usr/share/doc/libvpx/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libvpx/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/libvpx/README
/usr/share/licenses/libvpx
/usr/share/licenses/libvpx/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff/3f05bbd351f4bb9fdc84094d451f4544266119
/usr/lib64/libvpx.so.6
/usr/lib64/libvpx.so.6.3
/usr/lib64/libvpx.so.6.3.0
/usr/share/doc/libvpx
/usr/share/doc/libvpx/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libvpx/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/libvpx/README
/usr/share/licenses/libvpx
/usr/share/licenses/libvpx/LICENSE

References

Summary

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