A06 ❯ Multimedia Codecs & Libraries for VFX Workstation Installation Guide

ℹ️ This article is part of AlmaLinux System Series.

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