How To Install japa on Fedora 34

japa is Jack and ALSA Perceptual Audio Analyzer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install japa on Fedora 34.

What is `japa`

japa (JACK and ALSA Perceptual Analyser), is a ‘perceptual’ or ‘psychoacoustic’ audio spectrum analyser. In contrast to JAAA, this is more an acoustical or musical tool than a purely technical one. Possible uses include spectrum monitoring while mixing or mastering, evaluation of ambient noise, and (using pink noise), equalisation of PA systems.

We can use yum or dnf to install japa on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install japa.

Install japa 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 japa using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install japa

Install japa 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 japa using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install japa

How To Uninstall japa on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove japa

japa Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/japa
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b/a43c1154126d5e5a079f6e6f04abb4c4ea05df
/usr/share/applications/japa.desktop
/usr/share/doc/japa
/usr/share/doc/japa/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/japa/README
/usr/share/licenses/japa
/usr/share/licenses/japa/COPYING
/usr/share/pixmaps/japa.png

References

japa website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install japa on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.