A06 ❯ Multimedia Codecs & Libraries for VFX Workstation Installation Guide

ℹ️ This article is part of AlmaLinux System Series.

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These packages have been needed for multiple software, such has "Thinkbox Deadline" and were either backported, requested, or discovered as alternatives for AlmaLinux 9 for users migrating from enterprise Linux 8.

Enable CRB:

sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb

Add EPEL9:

sudo dnf -y install epel-release

Add RPMFusion:

sudo dnf install -y --nogpgcheck https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/free/el/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %rhel).noarch.rpm

Add almalinux-release-devel:

sudo dnf almalinux-release-devel

Add almalinux Extras:

sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled extras

Update System Packages :

sudo dnf update -y

Reboot to apply updates :

sudo reboot

Network Share essentials :

sudo dnf install samba -y
sudo dnf insall cifs-utils -y
sudo dnf install nfs-utils -y

Packages groups essentials :

sudo dnf groupinstall Workstation -y
sudo dnf groupinstall "Development Tools" -y
sudo dnf groupinstall "RPM Development Tools" -y
sudo dnf groupinstall "System Tools" -y

Install multimedia codecs:

sudo dnf -y groupinstall multimedia --with-optional
sudo dnf -y install ffmpeg
sudo dnf -y install x264
sudo dnf -y install x264-devel
sudo dnf -y install SDL2
sudo dnf -y install ffmpeg-devel

Install multimedia codecs (Required if using Thinkbox Deadline):

sudo dnf -y install libcrypto.so.1.1

Libraries and codec needed for VFX software :

sudo dnf -y install ncurses-compat-libs
sudo dnf -y install gstreamer1-libav
sudo dnf -y install libnsl
sudo dnf -y install vulkan
sudo dnf -y install libglvnd-devel
sudo dnf -y install mesa-libGL
sudo dnf -y install mesa-libGLU
sudo dnf -y install gstreamer1-libav
sudo dnf -y install libnsl
sudo dnf -y install xmessage

Fix for locale language not being applied with GDM :

sudo localectl set-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8