How To Install mp3fs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install mp3fs on Rocky Linux 8. mp3fs is FUSE filesystem to transcode FLAC to MP3 on the fly

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mp3fs on Rocky Linux 8.

What is mp3fs

MP3FS is A read-only FUSE file-system which trans-codes audio formats (currently FLAC) to MP3 on the fly when opened and read. This was written to enable me to use my FLAC collection with software and/or hardware which only understands MP3. e.g. “GMediaServer” to a Netgear MP101 mp3 player. It is also a novel alternative to traditional mp3 encoder applications. Just use your favorite file browser to select the files you want encoded and copy them somewhere!

We can use yum or dnf to install mp3fs on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mp3fs.

Install mp3fs 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 mp3fs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mp3fs

Install mp3fs 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 mp3fs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mp3fs

How To Uninstall mp3fs on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the mp3fs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mp3fs

mp3fs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/mp3fs
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/31
/usr/lib/.build-id/31/5c8f21cb189a7278e76a493b2b4c35e7b742bb
/usr/share/doc/mp3fs
/usr/share/doc/mp3fs/INSTALL.md
/usr/share/doc/mp3fs/NEWS.md
/usr/share/doc/mp3fs/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/mp3fs
/usr/share/licenses/mp3fs/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/mp3fs/COPYING.DOC
/usr/share/man/man1/mp3fs.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mp3fs on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.