How To Install mikmod on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install mikmod in Fedora 36. mikmod is Console music module player

Introduction

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

What is mikmod

MikMod is one of the best and most well known MOD music file players for UNIX-like systems. This particular distribution is intended to compile fairly painlessly in a Linux environment. MikMod uses the OSS /dev/dsp driver including all recent kernels for output, and will also write .wav files. Supported file formats include MOD, STM, S3M, MTM, XM, ULT, and IT. The player uses ncurses for console output and supports transparent loading from gzip/pkzip/zoo archives and the loading/saving of playlists. Install the mikmod package if you need a MOD music file player.

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

Install mikmod 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 mikmod using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mikmod

Install mikmod 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 mikmod using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mikmod

How To Uninstall mikmod on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove mikmod

mikmod Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/mikmod
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7/c41648ee3898b380c3b56dd52d05613d794763
/usr/share/doc/mikmod
/usr/share/doc/mikmod/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/mikmod/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/mikmod/README
/usr/share/licenses/mikmod
/usr/share/licenses/mikmod/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/mikmod.1.gz
/usr/share/mikmod
/usr/share/mikmod/mikmodrc

References

Summary

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