How To Install mkvtoolnix on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install mkvtoolnix on CentOS 7. mkvtoolnix is Matroska container manipulation utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mkvtoolnix on CentOS 7.

What is mkvtoolnix

Mkvtoolnix is a set of utilities to mux and demux audio, video and subtitle streams into and from Matroska containers.

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

Install mkvtoolnix on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install mkvtoolnix

Install mkvtoolnix 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 mkvtoolnix using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mkvtoolnix

How To Uninstall mkvtoolnix on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove mkvtoolnix

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Summary

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