How To Install libmfx-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmfx-devel on CentOS 7. libmfx-devel is Intel hardware video acceleration dispatcher library - development

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmfx-devel on CentOS 7.

What is libmfx-devel

The dispatcher is a layer that lies between applications and Intel Media SDK implementations. Upon initialization, the dispatcher locates the appropriate platform-specific SDK implementation. If there is none, it will select the software SDK implementation. The dispatcher will redirect subsequent function calls to the same functions in the selected SDK implementation. This package contains the development files.

We can use yum or dnf to install libmfx-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libmfx-devel.

Install libmfx-devel on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libmfx-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libmfx-devel

Install libmfx-devel 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 libmfx-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libmfx-devel

How To Uninstall libmfx-devel on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the libmfx-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libmfx-devel

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmfx-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.