How To Install a2jmidid on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install a2jmidid in Fedora 36. a2jmidid is Daemon for exposing ALSA sequencer applications in JACK MIDI system

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install a2jmidid on Fedora 36.

What is `a2jmidid`

a2jmidid is a project that aims to ease usage of legacy ALSA sequencer applications, in a JACK MIDI enabled system. There are two ways to use legacy ALSA sequencer applications in JACK MIDI system. The first approach is to use automatic bridging. For every ALSA sequencer port you get one JACK MIDI port. If ALSA sequencer port is both input and output one, you get two JACK MIDI ports, one input and output. The second approach is to static bridges. You start application that creates one ALSA sequencer port and one JACK MIDI port. Such bridge is unidirectional.

We can use yum or dnf to install a2jmidid on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install a2jmidid.

Install a2jmidid on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install a2jmidid using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install a2jmidid

Install a2jmidid on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install a2jmidid using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install a2jmidid

How To Uninstall a2jmidid on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the a2jmidid package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove a2jmidid

a2jmidid Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/a2j
/usr/bin/a2j_control
/usr/bin/a2jmidi_bridge
/usr/bin/a2jmidid
/usr/bin/j2amidi_bridge
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/43
/usr/lib/.build-id/43/edd4bd76091c72b9cfcbb8a39f5273458f195c
/usr/lib/.build-id/55
/usr/lib/.build-id/55/f6493d93501c022154e1a3782ab373b810fc1d
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0/05b03c7ea9d99ec2ebb71dba6df713ce81586f
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.gna.home.a2jmidid.service
/usr/share/doc/a2jmidid
/usr/share/doc/a2jmidid/AUTHORS.rst
/usr/share/doc/a2jmidid/CHANGELOG.rst
/usr/share/doc/a2jmidid/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/a2jmidid
/usr/share/licenses/a2jmidid/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/a2j.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/a2j_control.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/a2jmidi_bridge.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/a2jmidid.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/j2amidi_bridge.1.gz

References

a2jmidid website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install a2jmidid on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).