How To Install fluidsynth-libs on CentOS 8

fluidsynth-libs is Real-time software synthesizer run-time libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fluidsynth-libs on CentOS 8.

What is fluidsynth-libs

FluidSynth is a real-time software synthesizer based on the SoundFont 2 specifications. It is a “software synthesizer”. This package holds the run-time shared libraries.

We can use yum or dnf to install fluidsynth-libs on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fluidsynth-libs.

Install fluidsynth-libs 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 fluidsynth-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fluidsynth-libs

Install fluidsynth-libs 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 fluidsynth-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fluidsynth-libs

How To Uninstall fluidsynth-libs on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the fluidsynth-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove fluidsynth-libs

fluidsynth-libs Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/17
/usr/lib/.build-id/17/cbdd3a2de02d4a2fc6378c80fb8c1076b041da
/usr/lib64/libfluidsynth.so.2
/usr/lib64/libfluidsynth.so.2.3.8
/usr/share/doc/fluidsynth-libs
/usr/share/doc/fluidsynth-libs/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/fluidsynth-libs/README.md
/usr/share/doc/fluidsynth-libs/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/fluidsynth-libs/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/fluidsynth-libs
/usr/share/licenses/fluidsynth-libs/LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fluidsynth-libs on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.