How To Install libdv-tools on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdv-tools in Fedora 36. libdv-tools is Basic tools to manipulate Digital Video streams

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdv-tools on Fedora 36.

What is libdv-tools

This package contains some basic programs to display and encode digital video streams. This programs uses the Quasar DV codec (libdv), a software codec for DV video, the encoding format used by most digital camcorders, typically those that support the IEEE 1394 (a.k.a. FireWire or i.Link) interface.

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

Install libdv-tools 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 libdv-tools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libdv-tools

Install libdv-tools 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 libdv-tools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libdv-tools

How To Uninstall libdv-tools on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the libdv-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libdv-tools

libdv-tools Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/dubdv
/usr/bin/dvconnect
/usr/bin/encodedv
/usr/bin/playdv
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/36
/usr/lib/.build-id/36/f0385a124253e3b082a9e1d806e6453ce4bd2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/5c
/usr/lib/.build-id/5c/62362a99a6790ae9046bc079b461cc67f97de2
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab/d2c458e278fbf2e0c06c72776b592261d77d4f
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc/92d817fcf49de93ad2cc0db7fac042f17404d6
/usr/share/doc/libdv-tools
/usr/share/doc/libdv-tools/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libdv-tools/README.dvconnect
/usr/share/doc/libdv-tools/README.encoder
/usr/share/man/man1/dubdv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dvconnect.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/encodedv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/playdv.1.gz

References

Summary

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