How To Install sbc on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install sbc on CentOS 7. sbc is Sub Band Codec used by bluetooth A2DP

Introduction

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

What is sbc

SBC (Sub Band Codec) is a low-complexity audio codec used in the Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) bluetooth standard but can be used standalone. It uses 4 or 8 subbands, an adaptive bit allocation algorithm in combination with an adaptive block PCM quantizers. SBC (Sub Band Codec) is a low-complexity audio codec used in the Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) bluetooth standard but can be used standalone. It uses 4 or 8 subbands, an adaptive bit allocation algorithm in combination with an adaptive block PCM quantizers.

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

Install sbc on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install sbc

Install sbc 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 sbc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sbc

How To Uninstall sbc on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove sbc

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Summary

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