How To Install audacity on CentOS 8

audacity is Multitrack audio editor

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install audacity on CentOS 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 CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install audacity.

Install audacity on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install audacity

Install audacity on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

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 CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove audacity

audacity Package Contents on CentOS 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 CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.