How To Install soundtouch.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install soundtouch.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. soundtouch.i686 is Audio Processing library for changing Tempo, Pitch and Playback

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install soundtouch.i686 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `soundtouch.i686`

SoundTouch is a LGPL-licensed open-source audio processing library for changing the Tempo, Pitch and Playback Rates of audio streams or files. The SoundTouch library is suited for application developers writing sound processing tools that require tempo/pitch control functionality, or just for playing around with the sound effects. The SoundTouch library source kit includes an example utility SoundStretch which allows processing .wav audio files from a command-line interface.

We can use yum to install soundtouch.i686 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install soundtouch.i686.

Install soundtouch.i686 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install soundtouch.i686 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install soundtouch.i686

How To Uninstall soundtouch.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the soundtouch.i686 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove soundtouch.i686

soundtouch.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/soundstretch
/usr/lib/libSoundTouch.so.1
/usr/lib/libSoundTouch.so.1.4.0
/usr/share/doc/soundtouch-1.4.0
/usr/share/doc/soundtouch-1.4.0/COPYING.TXT
/usr/share/doc/soundtouch-1.4.0/README.html

References

soundtouch.i686 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install soundtouch.i686 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.