How To Install libechonest on Fedora 34

libechonest is C++ wrapper for the Echo Nest API C++ wrapper for the Echo Nest API

Introduction

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

What is libechonest

libechonest is a collection of Qt4 classes designed to make a developer’s life easy when trying to use the APIs provided by The Echo Nest. libechonest 2.3.0 17.fc34 x86_64 157 k libechonest-2.3.0-17.fc34.src.rpm fedora C++ wrapper for the Echo Nest API https GPLv2+ libechonest is a collection of Qt4 classes designed to make a developer’s life easy when trying to use the APIs provided by The Echo Nest.

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

Install libechonest 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 libechonest using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libechonest

Install libechonest 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 libechonest using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libechonest

How To Uninstall libechonest on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libechonest

libechonest Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/01
/usr/lib/.build-id/01/e9c4a7c079513a80c70749d4920523d35c8fa4
/usr/lib/libechonest.so.2.3
/usr/lib/libechonest.so.2.3.0
/usr/share/doc/libechonest
/usr/share/doc/libechonest/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libechonest/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libechonest/README
/usr/share/doc/libechonest/TODO
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/03
/usr/lib/.build-id/03/270ab664e9f01d7e62ec851cab2757665d64c1
/usr/lib64/libechonest.so.2.3
/usr/lib64/libechonest.so.2.3.0
/usr/share/doc/libechonest
/usr/share/doc/libechonest/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libechonest/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libechonest/README
/usr/share/doc/libechonest/TODO

References

Summary

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