How To Install libchromaprint on Fedora 34

libchromaprint is Library implementing the AcoustID fingerprinting Library implementing the AcoustID fingerprinting

Introduction

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

What is `libchromaprint`

Chromaprint library is the core component of the AcoustID project. It’s a client-side library that implements a custom algorithm for extracting fingerprints from raw audio sources. The library exposes a simple C API. The documentation for the C API can be found in the main header file. License for binaries is GPLv2+ but source code is MIT + LGPLv2+ libchromaprint 1.5.0 2.fc34 x86_64 39 k chromaprint-1.5.0-2.fc34.src.rpm fedora Library implementing the AcoustID fingerprinting http GPLv2+ Chromaprint library is the core component of the AcoustID project. It’s a client-side library that implements a custom algorithm for extracting fingerprints from raw audio sources. The library exposes a simple C API. The documentation for the C API can be found in the main header file. License for binaries is GPLv2+ but source code is MIT + LGPLv2+

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

Install libchromaprint 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 libchromaprint using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libchromaprint

Install libchromaprint 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 libchromaprint using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libchromaprint

How To Uninstall libchromaprint on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libchromaprint

libchromaprint Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/28
/usr/lib/.build-id/28/24270ba284649fe42604eb45645ba97a8f6ed9
/usr/lib64/libchromaprint.so.1
/usr/lib64/libchromaprint.so.1.5.0
/usr/share/doc/libchromaprint
/usr/share/doc/libchromaprint/NEWS.txt
/usr/share/doc/libchromaprint/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libchromaprint
/usr/share/licenses/libchromaprint/LICENSE.md
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/35
/usr/lib/.build-id/35/c51203a8bc6e5c22581c37b9dd63b4fdd18f3c
/usr/lib/libchromaprint.so.1
/usr/lib/libchromaprint.so.1.5.0
/usr/share/doc/libchromaprint
/usr/share/doc/libchromaprint/NEWS.txt
/usr/share/doc/libchromaprint/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libchromaprint
/usr/share/licenses/libchromaprint/LICENSE.md

References

[libchromaprint website](http://www.acoustid.org/chromaprint http://www.acoustid.org/chromaprint)

Summary

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