How To Install playerctl on Fedora 34

playerctl is Command-line MPRIS-compatible Media Player Controller Command-line MPRIS-compatible Media Player Controller

Introduction

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

What is `playerctl`

Playerctl is a command-line utility and library for controlling media players that implement the MPRIS D-Bus Interface Specification. Playerctl makes it easy to bind player actions, such as play and pause, to media keys. You can also get metadata about the playing track such as the artist and title for integration into statusline generators or other command-line tools. For more advanced users, Playerctl provides an introspectable library available in your favorite scripting language that allows more detailed control like the ability to subscribe to media player events or get metadata such as artist and title for the playing track. Examples of players implementing the MPRIS D-Bus Interface Specification include spotify, vlc, audacious, bmp, cmus, and others. playerctl 2.3.1 2.fc34 x86_64 44 k playerctl-2.3.1-2.fc34.src.rpm fedora Command-line MPRIS-compatible Media Player Controller https LGPLv3+ Playerctl is a command-line utility and library for controlling media players that implement the MPRIS D-Bus Interface Specification. Playerctl makes it easy to bind player actions, such as play and pause, to media keys. You can also get metadata about the playing track such as the artist and title for integration into statusline generators or other command-line tools. For more advanced users, Playerctl provides an introspectable library available in your favorite scripting language that allows more detailed control like the ability to subscribe to media player events or get metadata such as artist and title for the playing track. Examples of players implementing the MPRIS D-Bus Interface Specification include spotify, vlc, audacious, bmp, cmus, and others.

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

Install playerctl 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 playerctl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install playerctl

Install playerctl 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 playerctl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install playerctl

How To Uninstall playerctl on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove playerctl

playerctl Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/playerctl
/usr/bin/playerctld
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/39
/usr/lib/.build-id/39/8af7957acd457004ef579e5c9df7c39f43d92a
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec/b315ff72fd0e58b994a1bbe3fb878ee1c1a3b4
/usr/share/bash-completion
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/playerctl.bash
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.playerctld.service
/usr/share/licenses/playerctl
/usr/share/licenses/playerctl/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/playerctl.1.gz
/usr/share/zsh
/usr/share/zsh/site-functions
/usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_playerctl
/usr/bin/playerctl
/usr/bin/playerctld
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b/1dc0cc933995a64fefa2549b263cf579d8a160
/usr/lib/.build-id/90
/usr/lib/.build-id/90/56aa9e7c578ba23fe438fe07f026e6e238c39a
/usr/share/bash-completion
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/playerctl.bash
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.playerctld.service
/usr/share/licenses/playerctl
/usr/share/licenses/playerctl/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/playerctl.1.gz
/usr/share/zsh
/usr/share/zsh/site-functions
/usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_playerctl

References

[playerctl website](https://github.com/acrisci/playerctl https://github.com/acrisci/playerctl)

Summary

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