How To Install sbc on Fedora 34

sbc is Sub Band Codec used by bluetooth A2DP Sub Band Codec used by bluetooth A2DP

Introduction

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

What is sbc

SBC (Sub Band Codec) is a low-complexity audio codec used in the Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) bluetooth standard but can be used standalone. It uses 4 or 8 subbands, an adaptive bit allocation algorithm in combination with an adaptive block PCM quantizers. sbc 1.4 7.fc34 x86_64 49 k sbc-1.4-7.fc34.src.rpm fedora Sub Band Codec used by bluetooth A2DP http GPLv2 and LGPLv2+ SBC (Sub Band Codec) is a low-complexity audio codec used in the Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) bluetooth standard but can be used standalone. It uses 4 or 8 subbands, an adaptive bit allocation algorithm in combination with an adaptive block PCM quantizers.

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

Install sbc 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 sbc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sbc

Install sbc 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 sbc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sbc

How To Uninstall sbc on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove sbc

sbc Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/sbcdec
/usr/bin/sbcenc
/usr/bin/sbcinfo
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/23
/usr/lib/.build-id/23/24ad1f3a4fc6508b48220b688874301dfd9625
/usr/lib/.build-id/47
/usr/lib/.build-id/47/994aeab186948237e3fd2cd4cfba1319b13f59
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d/815bb1ce1b8c8e8fd78a1d2d8ee0cfabac332f
/usr/share/doc/sbc
/usr/share/doc/sbc/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/sbc/ChangeLog
/usr/bin/sbcdec
/usr/bin/sbcenc
/usr/bin/sbcinfo
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/58
/usr/lib/.build-id/58/0f9d62d6dc80db61257591b34e84557d24ae91
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c/baa4280101117a181ab5663a0f423938b572c2
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9/3aa5b67c2f2e09a61bc49ba6dd84b2c7fca416
/usr/share/doc/sbc
/usr/share/doc/sbc/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/sbc/ChangeLog

References

Summary

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