How To Install fluidsynth on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fluidsynth on Fedora 34.
What is fluidsynth
FluidSynth is a real-time software synthesizer based on the SoundFont 2 specifications. It is a “software synthesizer”. FluidSynth can read MIDI events from the MIDI input device and render them to the audio device. It features real-time effect modulation using SoundFont 2.01 modulators, and a built-in command line shell. It can also play MIDI files (note called IIWU Synth).
We can use yum or dnf to install fluidsynth on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fluidsynth.
Install fluidsynth on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install fluidsynth using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install fluidsynth
Install fluidsynth on Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install fluidsynth using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install fluidsynth
How To Uninstall fluidsynth on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the fluidsynth package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove fluidsynth
fluidsynth Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/fluidsynth
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e/91070daa1b8a96b9df5d9ae125080e7c0d10e8
/usr/share/man/man1/fluidsynth.1.gz
/usr/bin/fluidsynth
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/83
/usr/lib/.build-id/83/5b534c1ca64be8e43a0665101679991c7a682c
/usr/share/man/man1/fluidsynth.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fluidsynth on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.