How To Install pipewire on Fedora 34
pipewire is Media Sharing Server Media Sharing Server
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pipewire on Fedora 34.
What is pipewire
PipeWire is a multimedia server for Linux and other Unix like operating systems. pipewire 0.3.32 1.fc34 x86_64 133 k pipewire-0.3.32-1.fc34.src.rpm updates Media Sharing Server https MIT PipeWire is a multimedia server for Linux and other Unix like operating systems.
We can use yum or dnf to install pipewire on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pipewire.
Install pipewire 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 pipewire using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install pipewire
Install pipewire 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 pipewire using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pipewire
How To Uninstall pipewire on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the pipewire package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove pipewire
pipewire Package Contents on Fedora 34
/etc/pipewire
/etc/pipewire/media-session.d
/etc/pipewire/media-session.d/alsa-monitor.conf
/etc/pipewire/media-session.d/bluez-monitor.conf
/etc/pipewire/media-session.d/media-session.conf
/etc/pipewire/media-session.d/v4l2-monitor.conf
/etc/pipewire/pipewire.conf
/usr/bin/pipewire
/usr/bin/pipewire-media-session
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f/35b2598a56297630ae3c5b3ebc0e87982238ce
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9/b1a85c6cef89a4a5241714cc236f546908a87b
/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire.service
/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire.socket
/usr/share/doc/pipewire
/usr/share/doc/pipewire/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/pipewire
/usr/share/licenses/pipewire/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/pipewire/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/pipewire.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/pipewire.conf.5.gz
/etc/pipewire
/etc/pipewire/media-session.d
/etc/pipewire/media-session.d/alsa-monitor.conf
/etc/pipewire/media-session.d/bluez-monitor.conf
/etc/pipewire/media-session.d/media-session.conf
/etc/pipewire/media-session.d/v4l2-monitor.conf
/etc/pipewire/pipewire.conf
/usr/bin/pipewire
/usr/bin/pipewire-media-session
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca/b600f40aea11dda3f57add28d26458611905f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed/d7057a63eddb77f5c21fb5a9ccd38653817a49
/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire.service
/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire.socket
/usr/share/doc/pipewire
/usr/share/doc/pipewire/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/pipewire
/usr/share/licenses/pipewire/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/pipewire/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/pipewire.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/pipewire.conf.5.gz
/usr/bin/pipewire
/usr/bin/pipewire-media-session
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/26
/usr/lib/.build-id/26/e00bfe1df3f51541a04585afe5f8a4aa1c0736
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c/ba7e822027568b75471e15ab8e34663ee0d43e
/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire.service
/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire.socket
/usr/share/doc/pipewire
/usr/share/doc/pipewire/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/pipewire
/usr/share/licenses/pipewire/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/pipewire/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/pipewire.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/pipewire.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/pipewire
/usr/share/pipewire/filter-chain/demonic.conf
/usr/share/pipewire/filter-chain/sink-dolby-surround.conf
/usr/share/pipewire/filter-chain/sink-eq6.conf
/usr/share/pipewire/filter-chain/sink-matrix-spatialiser.conf
/usr/share/pipewire/filter-chain/source-rnnoise.conf
/usr/share/pipewire/media-session.d
/usr/share/pipewire/media-session.d/alsa-monitor.conf
/usr/share/pipewire/media-session.d/bluez-hardware.conf
/usr/share/pipewire/media-session.d/bluez-monitor.conf
/usr/share/pipewire/media-session.d/media-session.conf
/usr/share/pipewire/media-session.d/v4l2-monitor.conf
/usr/share/pipewire/pipewire.conf
/usr/bin/pipewire
/usr/bin/pipewire-media-session
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d/d67bacde8d40eb8babe68943440d0002884af5
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4/d613fc506f0c9dfb19b8c5a3e642897675e7a4
/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire.service
/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire.socket
/usr/share/doc/pipewire
/usr/share/doc/pipewire/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/pipewire
/usr/share/licenses/pipewire/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/pipewire/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/pipewire.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/pipewire.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/pipewire
/usr/share/pipewire/filter-chain/demonic.conf
/usr/share/pipewire/filter-chain/sink-dolby-surround.conf
/usr/share/pipewire/filter-chain/sink-eq6.conf
/usr/share/pipewire/filter-chain/sink-matrix-spatialiser.conf
/usr/share/pipewire/filter-chain/source-rnnoise.conf
/usr/share/pipewire/media-session.d
/usr/share/pipewire/media-session.d/alsa-monitor.conf
/usr/share/pipewire/media-session.d/bluez-hardware.conf
/usr/share/pipewire/media-session.d/bluez-monitor.conf
/usr/share/pipewire/media-session.d/media-session.conf
/usr/share/pipewire/media-session.d/v4l2-monitor.conf
/usr/share/pipewire/pipewire.conf
References
- [pipewire website](https://pipewire.org/ https://pipewire.org/)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pipewire on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.
