In some cases, you might need to install some proprietary software or drivers on Fedora Linux.
Since Fedora is a free and open-source operating system, it does not include proprietary software by default.
However, you can install them from RPM Fusion, a community-driven software repository.
What is RPM Fusion?
RPM Fusion is a software repository that provides various packages for Fedora Linux.
It includes packages that are not included in the official Fedora repositories due to legal issues or other reasons, such as Steam, NVIDIA drivers, and multimedia codecs.
How to enable RPM Fusion
You can enable RPM Fusion in Fedora Linux by running the following commands:
sudo dnf install https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm
sudo dnf config-manager --enable fedora-cisco-openh264
sudo dnf groupupdate core
Installing multimedia packages from RPM Fusion
Some crucial multimedia packages are not included in the official Fedora repositories.
So, you need to install them from RPM Fusion.
Common multimedia packages
You should run the following commands to switch to full ffmpeg and to install multimedia codecs:
sudo dnf swap ffmpeg-free ffmpeg --allowerasing
sudo dnf groupupdate multimedia --setop="install_weak_deps=False" --exclude=PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin
sudo dnf groupupdate sound-and-video
sudo dnf install rpmfusion-free-release-tainted
sudo dnf install libdvdcss
sudo dnf install rpmfusion-nonfree-release-tainted
sudo dnf --repo=rpmfusion-nonfree-tainted install "*-firmware"
Hardware accelerated codecs
Hardware accelerated codecs are needed for playing videos smoothly. Check your graphics card vendor and run the corresponding command below.
For Intel graphics cards:
sudo dnf install intel-media-driver
For AMD graphics cards:
sudo dnf swap mesa-va-drivers mesa-va-drivers-freeworld
sudo dnf swap mesa-vdpau-drivers mesa-vdpau-drivers-freeworld
sudo dnf swap mesa-va-drivers.i686 mesa-va-drivers-freeworld.i686
sudo dnf swap mesa-vdpau-drivers.i686 mesa-vdpau-drivers-freeworld.i686
For NVIDIA graphics cards:
sudo dnf install nvidia-vaapi-driver
Conclusion
In this article, we have learned how to enable RPM Fusion and install multimedia packages from it.
If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment below.