How To Install libtheora on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtheora
on CentOS 7.
What is libtheora
Theora is Xiph.Org’s first publicly released video codec, intended for use within the Ogg’s project’s Ogg multimedia streaming system. Theora is derived directly from On2’s VP3 codec; Currently the two are nearly identical, varying only in encapsulating decoder tables in the bitstream headers, but Theora will make use of this extra freedom in the future to improve over what is possible with VP3. Theora is Xiph.Org’s first publicly released video codec, intended for use within the Ogg’s project’s Ogg multimedia streaming system. Theora is derived directly from On2’s VP3 codec; Currently the two are nearly identical, varying only in encapsulating decoder tables in the bitstream headers, but Theora will make use of this extra freedom in the future to improve over what is possible with VP3.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install libtheora
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libtheora.
Install libtheora on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install libtheora
using yum
by running the following command:
Install libtheora 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.
After updating yum database, We can install libtheora
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall libtheora on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the libtheora
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtheora
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.