How To Install xmms on Fedora 34

xmms is The X MultiMedia System, a media player

Introduction

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

What is `xmms`

XMMS is a multimedia (Ogg Vorbis, CDs) player for the X Window System with an interface similar to Winamp’s. XMMS supports playlists and streaming content and has a configurable interface.

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

Install xmms 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 xmms using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xmms

Install xmms 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 xmms using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xmms

How To Uninstall xmms on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove xmms

xmms Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/wmxmms
/usr/bin/xmms
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e/421012910510bf313f7eab961c62ba3a7a22a2
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7/cd48566fd72e06b9bbfe6476995a6a7f58bb94
/usr/libexec/wmxmms
/usr/libexec/xmms
/usr/share/applications/xmms.desktop
/usr/share/doc/xmms
/usr/share/doc/xmms/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/xmms/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/xmms/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/xmms/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/xmms/README
/usr/share/doc/xmms/README.ab
/usr/share/doc/xmms/TODO
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/xmms.xpm
/usr/share/licenses/xmms
/usr/share/licenses/xmms/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/cy/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/no/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/uz/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/wa/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/xmms.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/wmxmms.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xmms.1.gz
/usr/share/xmms
/usr/share/xmms/Skins
/usr/share/xmms/wmxmms.xpm

References

xmms website

Summary

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