How To Install audacity on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install audacity on Rocky Linux 8. audacity is Multitrack audio editor

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install audacity on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `audacity`

Audacity is a cross-platform multitrack audio editor. It allows you to record sounds directly or to import files in various formats. It features a few simple effects, all of the editing features you should need, and unlimited undo. The GUI was built with wxWidgets and the audio I/O supports PulseAudio, OSS and ALSA under Linux.

We can use yum or dnf to install audacity on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install audacity.

Install audacity on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install audacity using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install audacity

Install audacity on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install audacity using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install audacity

How To Uninstall audacity on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the audacity package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove audacity

audacity Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/audacity
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c/05eb6418a551123cd2dbb8c7df45bd2147b6d5
/usr/share/appdata/audacity.appdata.xml
/usr/share/applications/audacity.desktop
/usr/share/audacity
/usr/share/audacity/EQDefaultCurves.xml
/usr/share/audacity/nyquist
/usr/share/audacity/nyquist/aud-do-support.lsp
/usr/share/audacity/nyquist/dspprims.lsp
/usr/share/audacity/nyquist/envelopes.lsp
/usr/share/audacity/nyquist/equalizer.lsp
/usr/share/audacity/nyquist/evalenv.lsp
/usr/share/audacity/nyquist/fileio.lsp
/usr/share/audacity/nyquist/follow.lsp
/usr/share/audacity/nyquist/init.lsp
/usr/share/audacity/nyquist/misc.lsp
/usr/share/audacity/nyquist/nyinit.lsp
/usr/share/audacity/nyquist/nyqmisc.lsp
/usr/share/audacity/nyquist/nyquist-plot.txt
/usr/share/audacity/nyquist/nyquist.lsp
/usr/share/audacity/nyquist/printrec.lsp
/usr/share/audacity/nyquist/profile.lsp
/usr/share/audacity/nyquist/rawwaves
/usr/share/audacity/nyquist/rawwaves/mand1.raw
/usr/share/audacity/nyquist/rawwaves/mand10.raw
/usr/share/audacity/nyquist/rawwaves/mand11.raw
/usr/share/audacity/nyquist/rawwaves/mand12.raw
/usr/share/audacity/nyquist/rawwaves/mand2.raw
/usr/share/audacity/nyquist/rawwaves/mand3.raw
/usr/share/audacity/nyquist/rawwaves/mand4.raw
/usr/share/audacity/nyquist/rawwaves/mand5.raw
/usr/share/audacity/nyquist/rawwaves/mand6.raw
/usr/share/audacity/nyquist/rawwaves/mand7.raw
/usr/share/audacity/nyquist/rawwaves/mand8.raw
/usr/share/audacity/nyquist/rawwaves/mand9.raw
/usr/share/audacity/nyquist/rawwaves/mandpluk.raw
/usr/share/audacity/nyquist/rawwaves/marmstk1.raw
/usr/share/audacity/nyquist/rawwaves/sinewave.raw
/usr/share/audacity/nyquist/sal-parse.lsp
/usr/share/audacity/nyquist/sal.lsp
/usr/share/audacity/nyquist/seq.lsp
/usr/share/audacity/nyquist/seqfnint.lsp
/usr/share/audacity/nyquist/seqmidi.lsp
/usr/share/audacity/nyquist/sndfnint.lsp
/usr/share/audacity/nyquist/stk.lsp
/usr/share/audacity/nyquist/system.lsp
/usr/share/audacity/nyquist/test.lsp
/usr/share/audacity/nyquist/upic.sal
/usr/share/audacity/nyquist/velocity.lsp
/usr/share/audacity/nyquist/xlinit.lsp
/usr/share/audacity/nyquist/xm.lsp
/usr/share/audacity/plug-ins
/usr/share/audacity/plug-ins/SilenceMarker.ny
/usr/share/audacity/plug-ins/SoundFinder.ny
/usr/share/audacity/plug-ins/SpectralEditMulti.ny
/usr/share/audacity/plug-ins/SpectralEditParametricEQ.ny
/usr/share/audacity/plug-ins/SpectralEditShelves.ny
/usr/share/audacity/plug-ins/StudioFadeOut.ny
/usr/share/audacity/plug-ins/adjustable-fade.ny
/usr/share/audacity/plug-ins/beat.ny
/usr/share/audacity/plug-ins/clipfix.ny
/usr/share/audacity/plug-ins/crossfadeclips.ny
/usr/share/audacity/plug-ins/crossfadetracks.ny
/usr/share/audacity/plug-ins/delay.ny
/usr/share/audacity/plug-ins/equalabel.ny
/usr/share/audacity/plug-ins/highpass.ny
/usr/share/audacity/plug-ins/limiter.ny
/usr/share/audacity/plug-ins/lowpass.ny
/usr/share/audacity/plug-ins/notch.ny
/usr/share/audacity/plug-ins/nyquist-plug-in-installer.ny
/usr/share/audacity/plug-ins/pluck.ny
/usr/share/audacity/plug-ins/rhythmtrack.ny
/usr/share/audacity/plug-ins/rissetdrum.ny
/usr/share/audacity/plug-ins/rms.ny
/usr/share/audacity/plug-ins/sample-data-export.ny
/usr/share/audacity/plug-ins/sample-data-import.ny
/usr/share/audacity/plug-ins/tremolo.ny
/usr/share/audacity/plug-ins/vocalrediso.ny
/usr/share/audacity/plug-ins/vocoder.ny
/usr/share/doc/audacity
/usr/share/doc/audacity/README.txt
/usr/share/doc/audacity/nyquist
/usr/share/doc/audacity/nyquist/Readme.txt
/usr/share/doc/audacity/nyquist/license.txt
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/audacity.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/audacity.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/audacity.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/audacity.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/audacity.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/audacity.svg
/usr/share/licenses/audacity
/usr/share/licenses/audacity/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca_ES@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/cy/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu_ES/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/hy/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/km/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/my/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_PT/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr_RS/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr_RS@latin/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/audacity.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/audacity.1.gz
/usr/share/mime/packages/audacity.xml
/usr/share/pixmaps/audacity.xpm
/usr/share/pixmaps/audacity16.xpm
/usr/share/pixmaps/audacity32.xpm
/usr/share/pixmaps/gnome-mime-application-x-audacity-project.xpm

References

audacity website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install audacity on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.