How To Install wavpack on Fedora 34

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Introduction

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

What is wavpack

WavPack is a completely open audio compression format providing lossless, high-quality lossy, and a unique hybrid compression mode. Although the technology is loosely based on previous versions of WavPack, the new version 4 format has been designed from the ground up to offer unparalleled performance and functionality. wavpack 5.4.0 2.fc34 x86_64 215 k wavpack-5.4.0-2.fc34.src.rpm fedora A completely open audiocodec http BSD WavPack is a completely open audio compression format providing lossless, high-quality lossy, and a unique hybrid compression mode. Although the technology is loosely based on previous versions of WavPack, the new version 4 format has been designed from the ground up to offer unparalleled performance and functionality.

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

Install wavpack 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 wavpack using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install wavpack

Install wavpack 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 wavpack using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install wavpack

How To Uninstall wavpack on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove wavpack

wavpack Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/wavpack
/usr/bin/wvgain
/usr/bin/wvtag
/usr/bin/wvunpack
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e/8f7656560604b28083dbe5b91e072caf1028b2
/usr/lib/.build-id/66
/usr/lib/.build-id/66/912004cda4b6ccf696869158cff27d9000b44a
/usr/lib/.build-id/be
/usr/lib/.build-id/be/dac9dd260efe7bf52ba5298e270234e1d55bf8
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4/468d8d14a355556a68deb4b7b433b30556b973
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9/ffd73fc5482d74eeac281ddf943351090eca73
/usr/lib/libwavpack.so.1
/usr/lib/libwavpack.so.1.2.3
/usr/share/doc/wavpack
/usr/share/doc/wavpack/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/wavpack/wavpack_doc.html
/usr/share/licenses/wavpack
/usr/share/licenses/wavpack/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/wavpack.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/wvgain.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/wvtag.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/wvunpack.1.gz
/usr/bin/wavpack
/usr/bin/wvgain
/usr/bin/wvtag
/usr/bin/wvunpack
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/29
/usr/lib/.build-id/29/a2249375070955e2a7cca632212aa02d948d75
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e/ef2a81634c3337ccff6f4ef9fcdabd3bed9c5c
/usr/lib/.build-id/43
/usr/lib/.build-id/43/b3731219b282fe6d79c2cc519c084aa3170899
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b/ecf3a1dc03ed3fdda9fa1ad8be3c4e44059ead
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f/e8f51f7fd554c773a44c4823e708395cb98063
/usr/lib64/libwavpack.so.1
/usr/lib64/libwavpack.so.1.2.3
/usr/share/doc/wavpack
/usr/share/doc/wavpack/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/wavpack/wavpack_doc.html
/usr/share/licenses/wavpack
/usr/share/licenses/wavpack/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/wavpack.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/wvgain.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/wvtag.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/wvunpack.1.gz

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Summary

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