How To Install mpeg2dec on Fedora 34

mpeg2dec is MPEG-2 decoder program

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mpeg2dec on Fedora 34.

What is mpeg2dec

The libmpeg2-devel package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that use libmpeg2.

We can use yum or dnf to install mpeg2dec on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mpeg2dec.

Install mpeg2dec 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 mpeg2dec using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mpeg2dec

Install mpeg2dec 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 mpeg2dec using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mpeg2dec

How To Uninstall mpeg2dec on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the mpeg2dec package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mpeg2dec

mpeg2dec Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/corrupt_mpeg2
/usr/bin/extract_mpeg2
/usr/bin/mpeg2dec
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa/0c5c450270c3d27267c996697cebcb396a3101
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc/7eac19ca38afcce641252ea30386914e770a23
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc/ed93580c3bfe9697c12d2283439b72599149fa
/usr/share/man/man1/extract_mpeg2.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mpeg2dec.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mpeg2dec on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.