How To Install awesfx on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install awesfx in Fedora 36. awesfx is Utility programs for the AWE32/Emu10k1 sound driver

Introduction

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

What is awesfx

The awesfx package contains various utility programs for controlling the AWE32/Emu10k1 sound driver. AWESFX includes asxfload and sfxload, the soundfont loaders; setfx, the chorus/reverb effect loader; aweset, a controller for setting parameters; and programs for converting soundfonts to text. If you use an AWE32 or Emu10k1 sound driver you should install the awesfx package.

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

Install awesfx 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 awesfx using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install awesfx

Install awesfx 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 awesfx using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install awesfx

How To Uninstall awesfx on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove awesfx

awesfx Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/alsa.d
/etc/alsa.d/load-soundfont
/etc/alsa.d/udev-soundfont
/usr/bin/asfxload
/usr/bin/aweset
/usr/bin/gusload
/usr/bin/setfx
/usr/bin/sf2text
/usr/bin/sfxload
/usr/bin/sfxtest
/usr/bin/text2sf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/16
/usr/lib/.build-id/16/ab19c588000e6294144c64a32f4195e0eeac73
/usr/lib/.build-id/16/f90439eb018e698f902ea7a42cae4d5cfa9c0c
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d/2248d5e9300ebc7a5ad11ce44ff3c3fc411126
/usr/lib/.build-id/24
/usr/lib/.build-id/24/4ad9185112e669649aa9a51d7a0eff2caedf6c
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4/fab23e8749e62bd43fb9613b90738f8985f04f
/usr/lib/.build-id/de
/usr/lib/.build-id/de/c619c6e33bea296d6811ff6d0abacd00919a50
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec/dc435e63d90f0808543fc6726f4aec84f7c870
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa/3ea49159b9d196f72200be45ce9f89e4d8167f
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/41-soundfont.rules
/usr/share/doc/awesfx
/usr/share/doc/awesfx/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/awesfx/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/awesfx/README
/usr/share/doc/awesfx/README-bank
/usr/share/doc/awesfx/SBKtoSF2.txt
/usr/share/doc/awesfx/setfx-sample.cfg
/usr/share/licenses/awesfx
/usr/share/licenses/awesfx/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/asfxload.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sfxload.1.gz
/usr/share/soundfonts
/usr/share/soundfonts/ch12msup.bnk
/usr/share/soundfonts/default-2m.bnk
/usr/share/soundfonts/emu8m.bnk
/usr/share/soundfonts/test.bnk
/usr/share/soundfonts/xgdefault.bnk
/usr/share/soundfonts/xgdrum.bnk
/usr/share/soundfonts/xgmap.bnk
/usr/share/soundfonts/xgsfx.bnk

References

Summary

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