How To Install libspatialaudio on Fedora 34

libspatialaudio is Ambisonic encoding / decoding and binauralization library Ambisonic encoding / decoding and binauralization library

Introduction

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

What is `libspatialaudio`

libspatialaudio is an open-source and cross-platform C++ library for Ambisonic encoding and decoding, filtering and binaural rendering. It is targetted to render High-Order Ambisonic (HOA) and VR/3D audio samples in multiple environments, from headphones to classic loudspeakers. Its binaural rendering can be used for classical 5.1/7.1 spatial channels as well as Ambisonics inputs. libspatialaudio 3.1 4.20200406gitd926a2e.fc34 x86_64 914 k libspatialaudio-3.1-4.20200406gitd926a2e.fc34.src.rpm fedora Ambisonic encoding / decoding and binauralization library https LGPLv2+ libspatialaudio is an open-source and cross-platform C++ library for Ambisonic encoding and decoding, filtering and binaural rendering. It is targetted to render High-Order Ambisonic (HOA) and VR/3D audio samples in multiple environments, from headphones to classic loudspeakers. Its binaural rendering can be used for classical 5.1/7.1 spatial channels as well as Ambisonics inputs.

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

Install libspatialaudio 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 libspatialaudio using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libspatialaudio

Install libspatialaudio 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 libspatialaudio using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libspatialaudio

How To Uninstall libspatialaudio on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libspatialaudio

libspatialaudio Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/29
/usr/lib/.build-id/29/3d5cbf376a210688a2c139ef3724d5c017f0f3
/usr/lib/libspatialaudio.so.1
/usr/lib/libspatialaudio.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libspatialaudio
/usr/share/doc/libspatialaudio/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libspatialaudio
/usr/share/licenses/libspatialaudio/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/88
/usr/lib/.build-id/88/63da5ecc88a5797fe0309cfbb20e87a91c9fcc
/usr/lib64/libspatialaudio.so.1
/usr/lib64/libspatialaudio.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libspatialaudio
/usr/share/doc/libspatialaudio/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libspatialaudio
/usr/share/licenses/libspatialaudio/LICENSE

References

[libspatialaudio website](https://github.com/videolabs/libspatialaudio https://github.com/videolabs/libspatialaudio)

Summary

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