How To Install libkate on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkate on CentOS 7.
What is libkate
This is libkate, the reference implementation of a codec for the Kate bitstream format. Kate is a karaoke and text codec meant for encapsulation in an Ogg container. It can carry text, images, and animate them. Kate is meant to be used for karaoke alongside audio/video streams (typically Vorbis and Theora), movie subtitles, song lyrics, and anything that needs text data at arbitrary time intervals.
We can use yum or dnf to install libkate on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libkate.
Install libkate on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libkate using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libkate
Install libkate 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 libkate using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libkate
How To Uninstall libkate on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the libkate package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libkate
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkate on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
