How To Install libaom on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libaom on Rocky Linux 8. libaom is Library files for aom

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libaom on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `libaom`

Library files for aom, the royalty-free next-generation video format.

We can use yum or dnf to install libaom on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libaom.

Install libaom on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install libaom

Install libaom on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install libaom

How To Uninstall libaom on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libaom

libaom Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a/77aa9aeae573f648a0d847fddeec4f883e6daa
/usr/lib64/libaom.so.3
/usr/lib64/libaom.so.3.1.1
/usr/share/licenses/libaom
/usr/share/licenses/libaom/LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/libaom/PATENTS

References

libaom website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libaom on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.