How To Install mingw64-wavpack-tools on Fedora 36

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-wavpack-tools on Fedora 36.

What is mingw64-wavpack-tools

WavPack is a completely open audio compression format providing lossless, high-quality lossy, and a unique hybrid compression mode. Although the technology is loosely based on previous versions of WavPack, the new version 4 format has been designed from the ground up to offer unparalleled performance and functionality. This package is MinGW compiled wavpack tools for the Win64 target.

We can use yum or dnf to install mingw64-wavpack-tools on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mingw64-wavpack-tools.

Install mingw64-wavpack-tools on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install mingw64-wavpack-tools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mingw64-wavpack-tools

Install mingw64-wavpack-tools on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install mingw64-wavpack-tools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mingw64-wavpack-tools

How To Uninstall mingw64-wavpack-tools on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the mingw64-wavpack-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mingw64-wavpack-tools

mingw64-wavpack-tools Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/wavpack.exe
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/wvgain.exe
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/wvtag.exe
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/wvunpack.exe

References

• mingw64-wavpack-tools website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-wavpack-tools on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).