How To Install sbc on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install sbc on Rocky Linux 8. sbc is Sub Band Codec used by bluetooth A2DP

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sbc on Rocky Linux 8.

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.

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

Install sbc 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 sbc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sbc

Install sbc 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 sbc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sbc

How To Uninstall sbc on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove sbc

sbc Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/sbcdec
/usr/bin/sbcenc
/usr/bin/sbcinfo
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/09
/usr/lib/.build-id/09/11973d2f157848838de25081c031665e81811c
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c/6e2969487ceaea3a9b1b7477cfb4a5c3f18fe3
/usr/lib/.build-id/81
/usr/lib/.build-id/81/5c62d357bf9111c231c7f493d807ba40ba6dfa
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee/cc9070c7718f3c1e84d51c54107dd377285615
/usr/lib64/libsbc.so.1
/usr/lib64/libsbc.so.1.2.1
/usr/share/doc/sbc
/usr/share/doc/sbc/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/sbc/ChangeLog
/usr/share/licenses/sbc
/usr/share/licenses/sbc/COPYING
/usr/bin/sbcdec
/usr/bin/sbcenc
/usr/bin/sbcinfo
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/09
/usr/lib/.build-id/09/45e7816d23ce9df72be0366c2151a328f6d5d4
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b/b42bbc28622890ec06e7b7f84479d299bfb2fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5/aabdeea15d9cf329cdac52abdbfd383dcb8589
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea/87e39a2ffd58d1713188609939dc30ff5ce81f
/usr/lib/libsbc.so.1
/usr/lib/libsbc.so.1.2.1
/usr/share/doc/sbc
/usr/share/doc/sbc/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/sbc/ChangeLog
/usr/share/licenses/sbc
/usr/share/licenses/sbc/COPYING

References

Summary

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