How To Install soundtracker on Fedora 34

soundtracker is Sound module composer/player

Introduction

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

What is `soundtracker`

Soundtracker is a module tracker for the X Window System similar to the DOS program `FastTracker’. Soundtracker is based on the XM file format. The user interface makes use of GTK2.

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

Install soundtracker 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 soundtracker using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install soundtracker

Install soundtracker 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 soundtracker using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install soundtracker

How To Uninstall soundtracker on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove soundtracker

soundtracker Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/soundtracker
/usr/bin/soundtracker_convert_config
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/52
/usr/lib/.build-id/52/865ccf208e1219b88bc7ca00a50b6d004b5cab
/usr/share/appdata/soundtracker.appdata.xml
/usr/share/applications/soundtracker.desktop
/usr/share/doc/soundtracker
/usr/share/doc/soundtracker/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/soundtracker/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/soundtracker/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/soundtracker/README
/usr/share/doc/soundtracker/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/soundtracker
/usr/share/licenses/soundtracker/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/soundtracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/soundtracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@boldquot/LC_MESSAGES/soundtracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@quot/LC_MESSAGES/soundtracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/soundtracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/soundtracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/soundtracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/soundtracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/soundtracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/soundtracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/no/LC_MESSAGES/soundtracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/soundtracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/soundtracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/rw/LC_MESSAGES/soundtracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/soundtracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/soundtracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/soundtracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/soundtracker.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/soundtracker.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/soundtracker.1.gz
/usr/share/pixmaps/soundtracker-icon.png
/usr/share/soundtracker
/usr/share/soundtracker/cheat-sheet.C.txt
/usr/share/soundtracker/cheat-sheet.ru.txt
/usr/share/soundtracker/downarrow.xpm
/usr/share/soundtracker/envelope-box.xml
/usr/share/soundtracker/flat.xpm
/usr/share/soundtracker/lock.xpm
/usr/share/soundtracker/loop.xpm
/usr/share/soundtracker/muted.png
/usr/share/soundtracker/play.xpm
/usr/share/soundtracker/play_block.xpm
/usr/share/soundtracker/play_cur.xpm
/usr/share/soundtracker/play_from.xpm
/usr/share/soundtracker/rightarrow.xpm
/usr/share/soundtracker/sharp.xpm
/usr/share/soundtracker/soundtracker-icon.png
/usr/share/soundtracker/soundtracker.xml
/usr/share/soundtracker/soundtracker_splash.png
/usr/share/soundtracker/stop.xpm
/usr/share/soundtracker/unmuted.png

References

soundtracker website

Summary

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