How To Install movit on Fedora 34

movit is GPU video filter library GPU video filter library

Introduction

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

What is `movit`

Movit is a library for video filters. It uses the GPU present in many computers to accelerate computation of common filters and transitions, facilitating real-time HD video editing. This package contains the Movit shared library. movit 1.6.3 2.fc34 x86_64 201 k movit-1.6.3-2.fc34.src.rpm fedora GPU video filter library https GPLv2+ Movit is a library for video filters. It uses the GPU present in many computers to accelerate computation of common filters and transitions, facilitating real-time HD video editing. This package contains the Movit shared library.

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

Install movit 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 movit using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install movit

Install movit 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 movit using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install movit

How To Uninstall movit on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove movit

movit Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc/0c099fba4207d38968e40d49a6ef95f48510bb
/usr/lib/libmovit.so.8
/usr/lib/libmovit.so.8.0.3
/usr/share/doc/movit
/usr/share/doc/movit/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/movit/README
/usr/share/licenses/movit
/usr/share/licenses/movit/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d4
/usr/lib/.build-id/d4/4dc2183bee94d9751695afc90bf3b2a9fd0b4f
/usr/lib64/libmovit.so.8
/usr/lib64/libmovit.so.8.0.3
/usr/share/doc/movit
/usr/share/doc/movit/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/movit/README
/usr/share/licenses/movit
/usr/share/licenses/movit/COPYING

References

[movit website](https://movit.sesse.net https://movit.sesse.net)

Summary

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