How To Install icecast on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install icecast on CentOS 7.
What is icecast
Icecast is a streaming media server which currently supports Ogg Vorbis and MP3 audio streams. It can be used to create an Internet radio station or a privately running jukebox and many things in between. It is very versatile in that new formats can be added relatively easily and supports open standards for communication and interaction.
We can use yum or dnf to install icecast on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install icecast.
Install icecast on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install icecast using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install icecast
Install icecast 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 icecast using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install icecast
How To Uninstall icecast on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the icecast package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove icecast
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install icecast on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.