How To Install PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin on Rocky Linux 8

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin on Rocky Linux 8.

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 Rocky Linux 8. 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 Rocky Linux 8 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 Rocky Linux 8 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 Rocky Linux 8

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 Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5a
/usr/lib/.build-id/5a/b8cbdd81da7deb84034e61c5a738296347d8a4
/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 Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.