How To Install qjackctl on CentOS 8

qjackctl is Qt based JACK control application

Introduction

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

What is qjackctl

Qjackctl is a simple application to control the JACK sound server daemon, specific for the Linux Audio Desktop infrastructure. It provides a simple GUI dialog for setting several JACK daemon parameters, which are properly saved between sessions, and a way to control the status of the audio server daemon. With time, this primordial interface has become richer by including a enhanced patch bay and connection control features.

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

Install qjackctl 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 qjackctl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install qjackctl

Install qjackctl 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 qjackctl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install qjackctl

How To Uninstall qjackctl on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove qjackctl

qjackctl Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/qjackctl
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/85
/usr/lib/.build-id/85/2fa7265aa17fff2699fdcb65bb85f4481e3d5a
/usr/share/applications/qjackctl.desktop
/usr/share/doc/qjackctl
/usr/share/doc/qjackctl/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/qjackctl/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/qjackctl/README
/usr/share/doc/qjackctl/TODO
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/qjackctl.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/qjackctl.svg
/usr/share/licenses/qjackctl
/usr/share/licenses/qjackctl/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/qjackctl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/qjackctl.fr.1.gz
/usr/share/metainfo/qjackctl.appdata.xml
/usr/share/qjackctl
/usr/share/qjackctl/translations/qjackctl_cs.qm
/usr/share/qjackctl/translations/qjackctl_de.qm
/usr/share/qjackctl/translations/qjackctl_es.qm
/usr/share/qjackctl/translations/qjackctl_fr.qm
/usr/share/qjackctl/translations/qjackctl_it.qm
/usr/share/qjackctl/translations/qjackctl_ja.qm
/usr/share/qjackctl/translations/qjackctl_nl.qm
/usr/share/qjackctl/translations/qjackctl_pt.qm
/usr/share/qjackctl/translations/qjackctl_ru.qm

References

Summary

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