How To Install libass on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libass on Rocky Linux 8. libass is Portable library for SSA/ASS subtitles rendering

Introduction

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

What is `libass`

Libass is a portable library for SSA/ASS subtitles rendering.

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

Install libass 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 libass using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libass

Install libass 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 libass using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libass

How To Uninstall libass on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libass

libass Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c/fbd1fd8421632f1b7eb34835685c9db271e569
/usr/lib64/libass.so.9
/usr/lib64/libass.so.9.0.2
/usr/share/doc/libass
/usr/share/doc/libass/Changelog
/usr/share/licenses/libass
/usr/share/licenses/libass/COPYING

References

libass website

Summary

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