How To Install nyxmms2 on Fedora 34

nyxmms2 is Commandline client for XMMS2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nyxmms2 on Fedora 34.

What is nyxmms2

nyxmms2 is the new official commandline client for XMMS2. It can be run in either shell-mode (if started without arguments), or in inline-mode where it executes the command passed as argument directly.

We can use yum or dnf to install nyxmms2 on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nyxmms2.

Install nyxmms2 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 nyxmms2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nyxmms2

Install nyxmms2 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 nyxmms2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nyxmms2

How To Uninstall nyxmms2 on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the nyxmms2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove nyxmms2

nyxmms2 Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/nyxmms2

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nyxmms2 on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.