How To Install libcrystalhd on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcrystalhd on CentOS 7.
What is libcrystalhd
The libcrystalhd library provides userspace access to Broadcom Crystal HD video decoder devices. The device supports hardware decoding of MPEG-2, h.264 and VC1 video codecs, up to 1080p at 40fps for the first-generation bcm970012 hardware, and up to 1080p at 60fps for the second-generation bcm970015 hardware.
We can use yum or dnf to install libcrystalhd on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libcrystalhd.
Install libcrystalhd on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libcrystalhd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libcrystalhd
Install libcrystalhd 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 libcrystalhd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libcrystalhd
How To Uninstall libcrystalhd on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the libcrystalhd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libcrystalhd
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcrystalhd on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
