How To Install pipewire-utils on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install pipewire-utils on Rocky Linux 8. pipewire-utils is PipeWire media server utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pipewire-utils on Rocky Linux 8.

What is pipewire-utils

This package contains command line utilities for the PipeWire media server.

We can use yum or dnf to install pipewire-utils on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pipewire-utils.

Install pipewire-utils 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 pipewire-utils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pipewire-utils

Install pipewire-utils 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 pipewire-utils using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pipewire-utils

How To Uninstall pipewire-utils on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the pipewire-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pipewire-utils

pipewire-utils Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/pw-cat
/usr/bin/pw-cli
/usr/bin/pw-dot
/usr/bin/pw-metadata
/usr/bin/pw-mididump
/usr/bin/pw-midiplay
/usr/bin/pw-midirecord
/usr/bin/pw-mon
/usr/bin/pw-play
/usr/bin/pw-profiler
/usr/bin/pw-record
/usr/bin/spa-inspect
/usr/bin/spa-monitor
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/04
/usr/lib/.build-id/04/02bd4f6a3c9da9c3205fe769e33d2302e24730
/usr/lib/.build-id/05
/usr/lib/.build-id/05/b355250a9f3e2cf1dcbfc5143062982635c2fa
/usr/lib/.build-id/30/50c3b47ef66cc04648718c1dc7ae6f6d017a96
/usr/lib/.build-id/49
/usr/lib/.build-id/49/c35b3167521a15f43eea3ee5a8ab9eef6bd91c
/usr/lib/.build-id/53
/usr/lib/.build-id/53/e6faf921eb332415f10348c709b0bae347d057
/usr/lib/.build-id/91
/usr/lib/.build-id/91/c79fd5991a4e417f886e148e7a1b2a8fa3fa97
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3/50f20547dd6a3d6b745cf1ee033c281a112c0c
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc/2542c88da1c80263dcdd4352e3d1df3bd0cc9c
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5/941f30e4e924850ceae2601e40630fb73c4c1c
/usr/share/man/man1/pw-cat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pw-cli.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pw-dot.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pw-metadata.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pw-mididump.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pw-mon.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pw-profiler.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pipewire-utils on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.