How To Install aom on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install aom on AlmaLinux 8.
What is aom
The Alliance for Open Media’s focus is to deliver a next-generation video format that is - Interoperable and open; - Optimized for the Internet; - Scalable to any modern device at any bandwidth; - Designed with a low computational footprint and optimized for hardware; - Capable of consistent, highest-quality, real-time video delivery; and - Flexible for both commercial and non-commercial content, including user-generated content. This package contains the reference encoder and decoder.
We can use yum or dnf to install aom on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install aom.
Install aom on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install aom using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install aom
Install aom on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install aom using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install aom
How To Uninstall aom on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the aom package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove aom
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install aom on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.