How To Install bcg729 on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install bcg729 on CentOS 7. bcg729 is Opensource implementation of the G.729 codec

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bcg729 on CentOS 7.

What is bcg729

bcg729 is an opensource implementation of both encoder and decoder of the ITU G729 Annex A speech codec. The library written in C 99 is fully portable and can be executed on many platforms including both ARM processor and x86. bcg729 supports concurrent channels encoding/decoding for multi call application such conferencing.

We can use yum or dnf to install bcg729 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bcg729.

Install bcg729 on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install bcg729 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bcg729

Install bcg729 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 bcg729 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bcg729

How To Uninstall bcg729 on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the bcg729 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove bcg729

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bcg729 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.