How To Install speex on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install speex on CentOS 7. speex is A voice compression format (codec)

Introduction

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

What is speex

Speex is a patent-free compression format designed especially for speech. It is specialized for voice communications at low bit-rates in the 2-45 kbps range. Possible applications include Voice over IP (VoIP), Internet audio streaming, audio books, and archiving of speech data (e.g. voice mail). Speex is a patent-free compression format designed especially for speech. It is specialized for voice communications at low bit-rates in the 2-45 kbps range. Possible applications include Voice over IP (VoIP), Internet audio streaming, audio books, and archiving of speech data (e.g. voice mail).

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

Install speex on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install speex

Install speex 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 speex using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install speex

How To Uninstall speex on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove speex

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Summary

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