How To Install parole on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install parole on CentOS 7. parole is Media player for the Xfce desktop

Introduction

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

What is parole

Parole is a modern simple media player based on the GStreamer framework and written to fit well in the Xfce desktop. Parole features playback of local media files, DVD/CD and live streams. Parole is extensible via plugins. The project still in its early developments stage, but already contains the following features * Audio playback * Video playback with optional subtitle * Playback of live sources

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

Install parole on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install parole

Install parole 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 parole using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install parole

How To Uninstall parole on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove parole

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Summary

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