How To Install openmpt123 on CentOS 8

openmpt123 is Command-line tracker music player based on libopenmpt

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install openmpt123 on CentOS 8.

What is `openmpt123`

Openmpt123 is a cross-platform command-line or terminal based player for tracker music (MOD) module files.

We can use yum or dnf to install openmpt123 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install openmpt123.

Install openmpt123 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 openmpt123 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install openmpt123

Install openmpt123 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 openmpt123 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install openmpt123

How To Uninstall openmpt123 on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the openmpt123 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove openmpt123

openmpt123 Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/openmpt123
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/49
/usr/lib/.build-id/49/a7c72f01305653550510bce4d52445acf1f953
/usr/share/man/man1/openmpt123.1.gz

References

openmpt123 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install openmpt123 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.