How To Install libsndfile-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsndfile-utils.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. libsndfile-utils.x86_64 is Command Line Utilities for libsndfile

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsndfile-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is libsndfile-utils.x86_64

libsndfile is a C library for reading and writing sound files such as AIFF, AU, WAV, and others through one standard interface. This package contains command line utilities for libsndfile.

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

Install libsndfile-utils.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 libsndfile-utils.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libsndfile-utils.x86_64

How To Uninstall libsndfile-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the libsndfile-utils.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove libsndfile-utils.x86_64

libsndfile-utils.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/sndfile-cmp
/usr/bin/sndfile-concat
/usr/bin/sndfile-convert
/usr/bin/sndfile-deinterleave
/usr/bin/sndfile-info
/usr/bin/sndfile-interleave
/usr/bin/sndfile-metadata-get
/usr/bin/sndfile-metadata-set
/usr/bin/sndfile-play
/usr/bin/sndfile-regtest
/usr/bin/sndfile-salvage
/usr/share/man/man1/sndfile-cmp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sndfile-concat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sndfile-convert.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sndfile-deinterleave.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sndfile-info.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sndfile-interleave.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sndfile-metadata-get.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sndfile-metadata-set.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sndfile-play.1.gz

References

Summary

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