How To Install ezstream on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ezstream in Fedora 36. ezstream is Command line source client for Icecast media streaming servers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ezstream on Fedora 36.

What is ezstream

Ezstream is a command line source client for media streams, primarily for streaming to Icecast servers. It allows the creation of media streams based on input from files or standard input that is piped through an optional external decoder and encoder. As every part of this chain is highly configurable, ezstream can be useful in a large number of streaming setups. Supported media containers for streaming are MP3, Ogg, Theora, WebM, and Matroska. Supported transport protocols are HTTP, ICY, and RoarAudio. Metadata support is provided by TagLib library.

We can use yum or dnf to install ezstream on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ezstream.

Install ezstream on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ezstream using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ezstream

Install ezstream on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ezstream using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ezstream

How To Uninstall ezstream on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove ezstream

ezstream Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/ezstream
/usr/bin/ezstream-cfgmigrate
/usr/bin/ezstream-file.sh
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/88
/usr/lib/.build-id/88/7ce459f5ddedd4d3204777c60cbcb85c9c53f8
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe/4fcdfd1556a1e2e2ecfbde9ab8f510a9660b92
/usr/share/doc/ezstream
/usr/share/doc/ezstream/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/ezstream/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/ezstream/README.md
/usr/share/doc/ezstream/examples
/usr/share/doc/ezstream/examples/artist.txt
/usr/share/doc/ezstream/examples/ezstream-file_template.xml
/usr/share/doc/ezstream/examples/ezstream-full.xml
/usr/share/doc/ezstream/examples/ezstream-metadata.xml
/usr/share/doc/ezstream/examples/ezstream-minimal.xml
/usr/share/doc/ezstream/examples/ezstream-stdin.xml
/usr/share/doc/ezstream/examples/ezstream-video.xml
/usr/share/doc/ezstream/examples/meta.sh
/usr/share/doc/ezstream/examples/metadata.txt
/usr/share/doc/ezstream/examples/play.sh
/usr/share/doc/ezstream/examples/playlist-logger.sh
/usr/share/doc/ezstream/examples/title.txt
/usr/share/licenses/ezstream
/usr/share/licenses/ezstream/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/ezstream-cfgmigrate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ezstream-file.sh.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ezstream.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ezstream on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).