How To Install recordmydesktop on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install recordmydesktop on CentOS 7. recordmydesktop is Desktop session recorder with audio and video

Introduction

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

What is recordmydesktop

recordMyDesktop is a desktop session recorder for linux that attempts to be easy to use, yet also effective at it’s primary task. As such, the program is separated in two parts; a simple command line tool that performs the basic tasks of capturing and encoding and an interface that exposes the program functionality in a usable way.

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

Install recordmydesktop on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install recordmydesktop

Install recordmydesktop 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 recordmydesktop using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install recordmydesktop

How To Uninstall recordmydesktop on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove recordmydesktop

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Summary

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