How To Install mkvtoolnix-gui on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install mkvtoolnix-gui on CentOS 7. mkvtoolnix-gui is QT Graphical interface for Matroska container manipulation

Introduction

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

What is mkvtoolnix-gui

Mkvtoolnix is a set of utilities to mux and demux audio, video and subtitle streams into and from Matroska containers. This package contains the QT graphical interface for these utilities.

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

Install mkvtoolnix-gui 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-gui using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mkvtoolnix-gui

Install mkvtoolnix-gui 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-gui using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mkvtoolnix-gui

How To Uninstall mkvtoolnix-gui on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove mkvtoolnix-gui

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Summary

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