How To Install soundtouch on CentOS 8

soundtouch is Audio Processing library for changing Tempo, Pitch and Playback Rates Audio Processing library for changing Tempo, Pitch and Playback Rates

Introduction

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

What is soundtouch

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. soundtouch 2.0.0 3.el8 x86_64 76 k soundtouch-2.0.0-3.el8.src.rpm appstream Audio Processing library for changing Tempo, Pitch and Playback Rates http LGPLv2+ 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 or dnf to install soundtouch on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install soundtouch.

Install soundtouch 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 soundtouch using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install soundtouch

Install soundtouch 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 soundtouch using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install soundtouch

How To Uninstall soundtouch on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove soundtouch

soundtouch Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/soundstretch
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/03
/usr/lib/.build-id/03/64d566dffcc86a46d01c00a890104133d7584e
/usr/lib/.build-id/25
/usr/lib/.build-id/25/f198a77fb1fd10c1c4a135575f8c38cd3160ed
/usr/lib/libSoundTouch.so.2
/usr/lib/libSoundTouch.so.2.0.0
/usr/share/doc/soundtouch
/usr/share/doc/soundtouch/README.html
/usr/share/licenses/soundtouch
/usr/share/licenses/soundtouch/COPYING.TXT
/usr/bin/soundstretch
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d/14b7ea2688e089db03273fd64458a68d2b921b
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e/3bb09e6f0c194e5a3d4dd70d71814eb45a8cac
/usr/lib64/libSoundTouch.so.2
/usr/lib64/libSoundTouch.so.2.0.0
/usr/share/doc/soundtouch
/usr/share/doc/soundtouch/README.html
/usr/share/licenses/soundtouch
/usr/share/licenses/soundtouch/COPYING.TXT

References

Summary

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