How To Install speex on Fedora 34

speex is A voice compression format (codec) A voice compression format (codec)

Introduction

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

What is `speex`

Speex is a patent-free compression format designed especially for speech. It is specialized for voice communications at low bit-rates in the 2-45 kbps range. Possible applications include Voice over IP (VoIP), Internet audio streaming, audio books, and archiving of speech data (e.g. voice mail). speex 1.2.0 8.fc34 x86_64 68 k speex-1.2.0-8.fc34.src.rpm fedora A voice compression format (codec) https BSD Speex is a patent-free compression format designed especially for speech. It is specialized for voice communications at low bit-rates in the 2-45 kbps range. Possible applications include Voice over IP (VoIP), Internet audio streaming, audio books, and archiving of speech data (e.g. voice mail).

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

Install speex 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 speex using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install speex

Install speex 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 speex using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install speex

How To Uninstall speex on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove speex

speex Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/05
/usr/lib/.build-id/05/94e27ff1287888c7cac30f3be9249288f7f1c6
/usr/lib/libspeex.so.1
/usr/lib/libspeex.so.1.5.1
/usr/share/doc/speex
/usr/share/doc/speex/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/speex/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/speex/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/speex/README
/usr/share/doc/speex/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/speex
/usr/share/licenses/speex/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/83
/usr/lib/.build-id/83/e0d9ee981d123fcb6c31d358f0508182ac954c
/usr/lib64/libspeex.so.1
/usr/lib64/libspeex.so.1.5.1
/usr/share/doc/speex
/usr/share/doc/speex/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/speex/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/speex/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/speex/README
/usr/share/doc/speex/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/speex
/usr/share/licenses/speex/COPYING

References

[speex website](https://www.speex.org/ https://www.speex.org/)

Summary

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