How To Install libcrystalhd on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcrystalhd on Rocky Linux 8. libcrystalhd is Broadcom Crystal HD device interface library

Introduction

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

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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libcrystalhd.

Install libcrystalhd 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 libcrystalhd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libcrystalhd

Install libcrystalhd 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 libcrystalhd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libcrystalhd

How To Uninstall libcrystalhd on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libcrystalhd

libcrystalhd Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d5
/usr/lib/.build-id/d5/d24a226edbd9f7f29705da62ffaa77eae5a168
/usr/lib64/libcrystalhd.so.3
/usr/lib64/libcrystalhd.so.3.6
/usr/share/doc/libcrystalhd
/usr/share/doc/libcrystalhd/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/libcrystalhd/README_07032010

References

Summary

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