How To Install libmediainfo on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmediainfo on CentOS 8. libmediainfo is Library for supplies technical and tag information about a video or audio file

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmediainfo on CentOS 8.

What is libmediainfo

This package contains the shared library for MediaInfo. MediaInfo supplies technical and tag information about a video or audio file. What information can I get from MediaInfo? * General * Video * Audio * Text * Chapters DivX, XviD, H263, H.263, H264, x264, ASP, AVC, iTunes, MPEG-1, MPEG1, MPEG-2, MPEG2, MPEG-4, MPEG4, MP4, M4A, M4V, QuickTime, RealVideo, RealAudio, RA, RM, MSMPEG4v1, MSMPEG4v2, MSMPEG4v3, VOB, DVD, WMA, VMW, ASF, 3GP, 3GPP, 3GP2 What format (container) does MediaInfo support? * Video MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DVD (VOB) (Codecs H.264, AVC…) * Audio * Subtitles

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

Install libmediainfo on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libmediainfo using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libmediainfo

Install libmediainfo on CentOS 8 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 libmediainfo using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libmediainfo

How To Uninstall libmediainfo on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove libmediainfo

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmediainfo on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.