How To Install gstreamer-plugins-good on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer-plugins-good on CentOS 7. gstreamer-plugins-good is GStreamer plug-ins with good code and licensing

Introduction

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

What is gstreamer-plugins-good

GStreamer is a streaming media framework, based on graphs of filters which operate on media data. Applications using this library can do anything from real-time sound processing to playing videos, and just about anything else media-related. Its plugin-based architecture means that new data types or processing capabilities can be added simply by installing new plug-ins. GStreamer Good Plug-ins is a collection of well-supported plug-ins of good quality and under the LGPL license. GStreamer is a streaming media framework, based on graphs of filters which operate on media data. Applications using this library can do anything from real-time sound processing to playing videos, and just about anything else media-related. Its plugin-based architecture means that new data types or processing capabilities can be added simply by installing new plug-ins. GStreamer Good Plug-ins is a collection of well-supported plug-ins of good quality and under the LGPL license.

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

Install gstreamer-plugins-good 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-good using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gstreamer-plugins-good

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

sudo dnf -y install gstreamer-plugins-good

How To Uninstall gstreamer-plugins-good on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove gstreamer-plugins-good

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Summary

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