How To Install fmidi-tools on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install fmidi-tools in Fedora 36. fmidi-tools is Command-line tools based on the fmidi library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fmidi-tools on Fedora 36.

What is `fmidi-tools`

Fmidi is a library to read and play back MIDI files. It supports both standard MIDI files and RIFF MIDI files. The functionality is exposed as a C programming interface, and it is implemented with C++. It is a simple library which is good for implementing a MIDI file player, or any program taking MIDI files as inputs. In fact, a player with a terminal interface is provided as an example. The fmidi-tools package contains command-line tools based on the fmidi library.

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

Install fmidi-tools 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 fmidi-tools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fmidi-tools

Install fmidi-tools 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 fmidi-tools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fmidi-tools

How To Uninstall fmidi-tools on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the fmidi-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove fmidi-tools

fmidi-tools Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/fmidi-convert
/usr/bin/fmidi-grep
/usr/bin/fmidi-play
/usr/bin/fmidi-read
/usr/bin/fmidi-seq
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/27
/usr/lib/.build-id/27/8e16483c3267a7043e96985b58d0557ae5464b
/usr/lib/.build-id/89
/usr/lib/.build-id/89/8fd4b43592bc32e56c5668495969d40493078c
/usr/lib/.build-id/91
/usr/lib/.build-id/91/733b018214cba80fe78ae3218fa73113c3eb97
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8/6961567a5959b3a09678c18e3a45616b4c0aee
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3/8d1ce0c54c6256f51abd853894769b5be6d499
/usr/share/man/man1/fmidi-convert.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fmidi-grep.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fmidi-play.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fmidi-read.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fmidi-seq.1.gz

References

fmidi-tools website

Summary

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