How To Install gstreamer1-plugins-base-tools.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer1-plugins-base-tools.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.
What is gstreamer1-plugins-base-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 plug-ins. This package contains the command-line tools for the base plugins. These include * gst-discoverer
We can use yum to install gstreamer1-plugins-base-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 gstreamer1-plugins-base-tools.x86_64.
Install gstreamer1-plugins-base-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 gstreamer1-plugins-base-tools.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install gstreamer1-plugins-base-tools.x86_64
How To Uninstall gstreamer1-plugins-base-tools.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2
To uninstall only the gstreamer1-plugins-base-tools.x86_64 package we can use the following command:
sudo yum remove gstreamer1-plugins-base-tools.x86_64
gstreamer1-plugins-base-tools.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2
/usr/bin/gst-device-monitor-1.0
/usr/bin/gst-discoverer-1.0
/usr/bin/gst-play-1.0
/usr/share/man/man1/gst-device-monitor-1.0.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gst-discoverer-1.0.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gst-play-1.0.1.gz
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer1-plugins-base-tools.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.