How To Install PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin in Fedora 36. PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin is Install GStreamer codecs using PackageKit

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin on Fedora 36.

What is `PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin`

The PackageKit GStreamer plugin allows any Gstreamer application to install codecs from configured repositories using PackageKit.

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

Install PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin 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 PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin

Install PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin 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 PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin

How To Uninstall PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin

PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5/731a3e413627e815f1d17e77b2ef9736f90c41
/usr/libexec/gst-install-plugins-helper
/usr/libexec/pk-gstreamer-install

References

PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin website

Summary

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