How To Install xmp on Fedora 34

xmp is A multi-format module player

Introduction

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

What is xmp

This is the Extended Module Player, a portable module player that plays over 90 mainstream and obscure module formats, including Protracker MOD, Fasttracker II XM, Scream Tracker 3 S3M and Impulse Tracker IT files.

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

Install xmp 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 xmp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xmp

Install xmp 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 xmp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xmp

How To Uninstall xmp on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove xmp

xmp Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/xmp
/etc/xmp/modules.conf
/etc/xmp/xmp.conf
/usr/bin/xmp
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/66
/usr/lib/.build-id/66/fbf9e3d82d6db5925b7689ab47b9e497ca90ef
/usr/share/doc/xmp
/usr/share/doc/xmp/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/xmp/Changelog
/usr/share/doc/xmp/README
/usr/share/doc/xmp/girl_from_mars.xm
/usr/share/licenses/xmp
/usr/share/licenses/xmp/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/xmp.1.gz

References

Summary

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