How To Install cava on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install cava in Fedora 36. cava is Console-based Audio Visualizer for Alsa

Introduction

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

What is `cava`

C.A.V.A. is a bar spectrum analyzer for audio using ALSA for input.

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

Install cava 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 cava using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cava

Install cava 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 cava using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cava

How To Uninstall cava on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove cava

cava Package Contents on Fedora 36

/lib/kbd/consolefonts/cava.psf
/usr/bin/cava
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c/aa4c640bb1e7c057357c208bbe8d6e12a70b70
/usr/share/doc/cava
/usr/share/doc/cava/README.md
/usr/share/doc/cava/example_files
/usr/share/doc/cava/example_files/config
/usr/share/doc/cava/example_files/etc
/usr/share/doc/cava/example_files/etc/asound.conf
/usr/share/doc/cava/example_files/etc/modprobe.d
/usr/share/doc/cava/example_files/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-aloop.conf
/usr/share/licenses/cava
/usr/share/licenses/cava/LICENSE

References

cava website

Summary

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