How To Install openh264 on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install openh264 in Fedora 36. openh264 is H.264 codec library

Introduction

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

What is `openh264`

OpenH264 is a codec library which supports H.264 encoding and decoding. It is suitable for use in real time applications such as WebRTC.

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

Install 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 openh264 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install openh264

Install 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 openh264 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install openh264

How To Uninstall openh264 on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove openh264

openh264 Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7/ba5fc56286db14b17dd8609521c0e471c90439
/usr/lib64/libopenh264.so.2.2.0
/usr/lib64/libopenh264.so.6
/usr/share/doc/openh264
/usr/share/doc/openh264/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/openh264
/usr/share/licenses/openh264/LICENSE

References

openh264 website

Summary

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