How To Install asdcplib-tools on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install asdcplib-tools on CentOS 7. asdcplib-tools is AS-DCP file access libraries tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install asdcplib-tools on CentOS 7.

What is asdcplib-tools

Open source implementation of SMPTE and the MXF Interop “Sound & Picture Track File” format. It was originally developed with support from DCI. Development is currently supported by CineCert and other d-cinema manufacturers. It supports reading and writing MXF files containing sound (PCM), picture (JPEG 2000 or MPEG-2) and timed-text (XML) essence. plain text and cipher text are both supported using OpenSSL for cryptographic support. This package contains tools and testing programs for asdcplib.

We can use yum or dnf to install asdcplib-tools on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install asdcplib-tools.

Install asdcplib-tools on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install asdcplib-tools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install asdcplib-tools

Install asdcplib-tools on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install asdcplib-tools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install asdcplib-tools

How To Uninstall asdcplib-tools on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the asdcplib-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove asdcplib-tools

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install asdcplib-tools on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.