How To Install gstreamer-plugins-bad-free on CentOS 7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer-plugins-bad-free on CentOS 7.

What is gstreamer-plugins-bad-free

GStreamer is a streaming media framework, based on graphs of elements which operate on media data. This package contains plug-ins that aren’t tested well enough, or the code is not of good enough quality. GStreamer is a streaming media framework, based on graphs of elements which operate on media data. This package contains plug-ins that aren’t tested well enough, or the code is not of good enough quality.

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

Install gstreamer-plugins-bad-free on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install gstreamer-plugins-bad-free using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gstreamer-plugins-bad-free

Install gstreamer-plugins-bad-free 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 gstreamer-plugins-bad-free using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gstreamer-plugins-bad-free

How To Uninstall gstreamer-plugins-bad-free on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the gstreamer-plugins-bad-free package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gstreamer-plugins-bad-free

References

• gstreamer-plugins-bad-free website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer-plugins-bad-free on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.