How To Install gstreamer-tools.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer-tools.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. gstreamer-tools.x86_64 is common tools and files for GStreamer streaming media framework

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer-tools.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is gstreamer-tools.x86_64

GStreamer is a streaming media framework, based on graphs of filters which operate on media data. Applications using this library can do anything from real-time sound processing to playing videos, and just about anything else media-related. Its plugin-based architecture means that new data types or processing capabilities can be added simply by installing new plugins. This package contains wrapper scripts for the command-line tools that work with different major/minor versions of GStreamer.

We can use yum to install gstreamer-tools.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gstreamer-tools.x86_64.

Install gstreamer-tools.x86_64 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 gstreamer-tools.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gstreamer-tools.x86_64

How To Uninstall gstreamer-tools.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the gstreamer-tools.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove gstreamer-tools.x86_64

gstreamer-tools.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/gst-feedback
/usr/bin/gst-inspect
/usr/bin/gst-launch
/usr/bin/gst-typefind
/usr/bin/gst-xmlinspect
/usr/bin/gst-xmllaunch

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer-tools.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.