How To Install vmaf on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install vmaf in Fedora 36. vmaf is Video Multi-Method Assessment Fusion

Introduction

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

What is `vmaf`

VMAF is a perceptual video quality assessment algorithm developed by Netflix. VMAF Development Kit (VDK) is a software package that contains the VMAF algorithm implementation, as well as a set of tools that allows a user to train and test a custom VMAF model. For an overview, read this tech blog post, or this slide deck. https

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

Install vmaf 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 vmaf using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install vmaf

Install vmaf 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 vmaf using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install vmaf

How To Uninstall vmaf on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove vmaf

vmaf Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/vmaf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e/c3b59040d8f57528bf6238c8ade53d2611b1d7
/usr/share/doc/vmaf
/usr/share/doc/vmaf/README.md

References

vmaf website

Summary

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