How To Install mediainfo on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mediainfo on Rocky Linux 8.
What is mediainfo
MediaInfo CLI (Command Line Interface). 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 mediainfo on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mediainfo.
Install mediainfo on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install mediainfo using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mediainfo
Install mediainfo on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install mediainfo using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mediainfo
How To Uninstall mediainfo on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the mediainfo package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mediainfo
mediainfo Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/bin/mediainfo
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1/5ceff443fe78e080e7192d1c2e77e122ebe7e0
/usr/share/doc/mediainfo
/usr/share/doc/mediainfo/History_CLI.txt
/usr/share/doc/mediainfo/ReadMe_CLI_Linux.txt
/usr/share/licenses/mediainfo
/usr/share/licenses/mediainfo/License.html
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mediainfo on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.