How To Install vmpk on Fedora 34

vmpk is Virtual MIDI Piano Keyboard

Introduction

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

What is `vmpk`

VMPK is a MIDI event generator/receiver. It doesn’t produce any sound by itself, but can be used to drive a MIDI synthesizer (either hardware or software, internal or external). You can use the computer’s keyboard to play MIDI notes, and also the mouse. You can use the Virtual MIDI Piano Keyboard to display the played MIDI notes from another instrument or MIDI file player.

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

Install vmpk 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 vmpk using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install vmpk

Install vmpk 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 vmpk using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install vmpk

How To Uninstall vmpk on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove vmpk

vmpk Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/vmpk
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f/090dee4c805a3b5014f823c2dc960af7a5ea59
/usr/share/applications/net.sourceforge.VMPK.desktop
/usr/share/doc/vmpk
/usr/share/doc/vmpk/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/vmpk/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/vmpk/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/vmpk/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/vmpk/README
/usr/share/doc/vmpk/TODO
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/vmpk.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/vmpk.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/vmpk.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/vmpk.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/vmpk.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/vmpk.svgz
/usr/share/man/man1/vmpk.1.gz
/usr/share/metainfo/net.sourceforge.VMPK.appdata.xml
/usr/share/vmpk
/usr/share/vmpk/Serbian-cyr.xml
/usr/share/vmpk/Serbian-lat.xml
/usr/share/vmpk/azerty.xml
/usr/share/vmpk/german.xml
/usr/share/vmpk/gmgsxg.ins
/usr/share/vmpk/help.html
/usr/share/vmpk/help_es.html
/usr/share/vmpk/help_ru.html
/usr/share/vmpk/help_sr.html
/usr/share/vmpk/it-qwerty.xml
/usr/share/vmpk/locale
/usr/share/vmpk/locale/vmpk_cs.qm
/usr/share/vmpk/locale/vmpk_de.qm
/usr/share/vmpk/locale/vmpk_es.qm
/usr/share/vmpk/locale/vmpk_fr.qm
/usr/share/vmpk/locale/vmpk_gl.qm
/usr/share/vmpk/locale/vmpk_ru.qm
/usr/share/vmpk/locale/vmpk_sr.qm
/usr/share/vmpk/locale/vmpk_sv.qm
/usr/share/vmpk/pc102mac.xml
/usr/share/vmpk/pc102win.xml
/usr/share/vmpk/pc102x11.xml
/usr/share/vmpk/spanish.xml
/usr/share/vmpk/txt2ins.awk
/usr/share/vmpk/vkeybd-default.xml
/usr/bin/vmpk
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2/554020f81d98ac2701b9759f7d6523f39c4d8f
/usr/share/applications/net.sourceforge.VMPK.desktop
/usr/share/doc/vmpk
/usr/share/doc/vmpk/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/vmpk/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/vmpk/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/vmpk/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/vmpk/README
/usr/share/doc/vmpk/TODO
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/vmpk.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/vmpk.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/vmpk.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/vmpk.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/vmpk.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/vmpk.svgz
/usr/share/man/man1/vmpk.1.gz
/usr/share/metainfo/net.sourceforge.VMPK.appdata.xml
/usr/share/vmpk
/usr/share/vmpk/Serbian-cyr.xml
/usr/share/vmpk/Serbian-lat.xml
/usr/share/vmpk/azerty.xml
/usr/share/vmpk/german.xml
/usr/share/vmpk/gmgsxg.ins
/usr/share/vmpk/help.html
/usr/share/vmpk/help_es.html
/usr/share/vmpk/help_ru.html
/usr/share/vmpk/help_sr.html
/usr/share/vmpk/it-qwerty.xml
/usr/share/vmpk/locale
/usr/share/vmpk/locale/vmpk_cs.qm
/usr/share/vmpk/locale/vmpk_de.qm
/usr/share/vmpk/locale/vmpk_es.qm
/usr/share/vmpk/locale/vmpk_fr.qm
/usr/share/vmpk/locale/vmpk_gl.qm
/usr/share/vmpk/locale/vmpk_ru.qm
/usr/share/vmpk/locale/vmpk_sr.qm
/usr/share/vmpk/locale/vmpk_sv.qm
/usr/share/vmpk/pc102mac.xml
/usr/share/vmpk/pc102win.xml
/usr/share/vmpk/pc102x11.xml
/usr/share/vmpk/spanish.xml
/usr/share/vmpk/txt2ins.awk
/usr/share/vmpk/vkeybd-default.xml

References

vmpk website

Summary

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