How To Install libdvdnav on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdvdnav on Rocky Linux 8. libdvdnav is A library for reading DVD video discs based on Ogle code

Introduction

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

What is libdvdnav

libdvdnav provides a simple library for reading DVD video discs. The code is based on Ogle and used in, among others, the Xine dvdnav plug-in.

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

Install libdvdnav 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 libdvdnav using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libdvdnav

Install libdvdnav 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 libdvdnav using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libdvdnav

How To Uninstall libdvdnav on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libdvdnav

libdvdnav Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a/1cc4072679f9256ba4ce59b5e592b593e31a4f
/usr/lib/libdvdnav.so.4
/usr/lib/libdvdnav.so.4.2.0
/usr/share/doc/libdvdnav
/usr/share/doc/libdvdnav/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libdvdnav/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libdvdnav/README
/usr/share/licenses/libdvdnav
/usr/share/licenses/libdvdnav/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/23
/usr/lib/.build-id/23/74d6f90b61f9dc917d4c39c0c00075f1c86a8a
/usr/lib64/libdvdnav.so.4
/usr/lib64/libdvdnav.so.4.2.0
/usr/share/doc/libdvdnav
/usr/share/doc/libdvdnav/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libdvdnav/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libdvdnav/README
/usr/share/licenses/libdvdnav
/usr/share/licenses/libdvdnav/COPYING

References

Summary

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