How To Install flac-libs on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install flac-libs on AlmaLinux 8.
What is flac-libs
FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec. Grossly oversimplified, FLAC is similar to Ogg Vorbis, but lossless. The FLAC project consists of the stream format, reference encoders and decoders in library form, flac, a command-line program to encode and decode FLAC files, metaflac, a command-line metadata editor for FLAC files and input plugins for various music players. This package contains the FLAC libraries.
We can use yum or dnf to install flac-libs on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install flac-libs.
Install flac-libs 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 flac-libs using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install flac-libs
Install flac-libs 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 flac-libs using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install flac-libs
How To Uninstall flac-libs on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the flac-libs package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove flac-libs
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install flac-libs on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
