How To Install mozilla-openh264 on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install mozilla-openh264 in Fedora 36. mozilla-openh264 is H.264 codec support for Mozilla browsers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mozilla-openh264 on Fedora 36.

What is mozilla-openh264

The mozilla-openh264 package contains a H.264 codec plugin for Mozilla browsers.

We can use yum or dnf to install mozilla-openh264 on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mozilla-openh264.

Install mozilla-openh264 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 mozilla-openh264 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mozilla-openh264

Install mozilla-openh264 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 mozilla-openh264 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mozilla-openh264

How To Uninstall mozilla-openh264 on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the mozilla-openh264 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mozilla-openh264

mozilla-openh264 Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/profile.d/gmpopenh264.sh
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad/2a6160a385b88bd8fa319616e56b9f09270d77
/usr/lib64/firefox
/usr/lib64/firefox/defaults
/usr/lib64/firefox/defaults/pref
/usr/lib64/firefox/defaults/pref/gmpopenh264.js
/usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/gmp-gmpopenh264
/usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/gmp-gmpopenh264/system-installed
/usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/gmp-gmpopenh264/system-installed/gmpopenh264.info
/usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/gmp-gmpopenh264/system-installed/libgmpopenh264.so
/usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/gmp-gmpopenh264/system-installed/libgmpopenh264.so.2.2.0
/usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/gmp-gmpopenh264/system-installed/libgmpopenh264.so.6

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mozilla-openh264 on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).