How To Install gavl.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install gavl.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. gavl.i686 is A library for handling uncompressed audio and video data

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gavl.i686 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `gavl.i686`

Gavl is a library for handling and converting uncompressed audio and video data. It provides datatypes for audio/video formats and standardized structures to store the data. It supports converting between all formats. Some conversion functions are available in multiple versions (MMX…), which are selected by compile time configuration, CPU autodetection and user options.

We can use yum to install gavl.i686 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gavl.i686.

Install gavl.i686 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gavl.i686 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gavl.i686

How To Uninstall gavl.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the gavl.i686 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove gavl.i686

gavl.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/libgavl.so.1
/usr/lib/libgavl.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/gavl-1.4.0
/usr/share/doc/gavl-1.4.0/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gavl-1.4.0/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/gavl-1.4.0/README
/usr/share/doc/gavl-1.4.0/TODO

References

gavl.i686 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gavl.i686 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.