How To Install lame on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install lame on CentOS 7. lame is Free MP3 audio compressor

Introduction

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

What is lame

LAME is an open source MP3 encoder whose quality and speed matches commercial encoders. LAME handles MPEG1,2 and 2.5 layer III encoding with both constant and variable bitrates.

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

Install lame on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install lame

Install lame 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 lame using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lame

How To Uninstall lame on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove lame

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Summary

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