How To Install theora-tools on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install theora-tools on Rocky Linux 8. theora-tools is Command line tools for Theora videos

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install theora-tools on Rocky Linux 8.

What is theora-tools

The theora-tools package contains simple command line tools for use with theora bitstreams.

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

Install theora-tools 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 theora-tools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install theora-tools

Install theora-tools 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 theora-tools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install theora-tools

How To Uninstall theora-tools on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the theora-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove theora-tools

theora-tools Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/png2theora
/usr/bin/theora_dump_video
/usr/bin/theora_encode
/usr/bin/theora_player
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/12
/usr/lib/.build-id/12/b894e6cd93396a1cc4dbc525f4ae813af04e78
/usr/lib/.build-id/17
/usr/lib/.build-id/17/4aa3e8ebae327df8b1ecd577476c7f19de3ef1
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8/c767e4037664ee8164c23ff3b61de682706f7a
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3/d8442b15c9e8ae5eb077e3e60cf8caf070fd37

References

Summary

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