How To Install media-player-info on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install media-player-info in AlmaLinux 8. media-player-info is Data files describing media player capabilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install media-player-info on AlmaLinux 8.

What is media-player-info

media-player-info is a repository of data files describing media player (mostly USB Mass Storage ones) capabilities. These files contain information about the directory layout to use to add music to these devices, about the supported file formats, etc. The package also installs a udev rule to identify media player devices.

We can use yum or dnf to install media-player-info on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install media-player-info.

Install media-player-info on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install media-player-info using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install media-player-info

Install media-player-info on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install media-player-info using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install media-player-info

How To Uninstall media-player-info on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the media-player-info package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove media-player-info

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install media-player-info on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.