How To Install mingw32-openal-soft on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw32-openal-soft on Fedora 36.
What is mingw32-openal-soft
OpenAL Soft is a cross-platform software implementation of the OpenAL 3D audio API. It’s built off of the open-sourced Windows version available originally from the SVN repository at openal.org. OpenAL provides capabilities for playing audio in a virtual 3d environment. Distance attenuation, doppler shift, and directional sound emitters are among the features handled by the API. More advanced effects, including air absorption, low-pass filters, and reverb, are available through the EFX extension. It also facilitates streaming audio, multi-channel buffers, and audio capture. This package provides the library for the Win32 target.
We can use yum or dnf to install mingw32-openal-soft on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mingw32-openal-soft.
Install mingw32-openal-soft 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 mingw32-openal-soft using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mingw32-openal-soft
Install mingw32-openal-soft 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 mingw32-openal-soft using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mingw32-openal-soft
How To Uninstall mingw32-openal-soft on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the mingw32-openal-soft package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mingw32-openal-soft
mingw32-openal-soft Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/OpenAL32.dll
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/alloopback.exe
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/alrecord.exe
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/altonegen.exe
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/openal-info.exe
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/etc/openal
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/etc/openal/alsoft.conf
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/AL
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/AL/al.h
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/AL/alc.h
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/AL/alext.h
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/AL/efx-creative.h
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/AL/efx-presets.h
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/AL/efx.h
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/cmake/OpenAL
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/cmake/OpenAL/OpenALConfig-relwithdebinfo.cmake
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/cmake/OpenAL/OpenALConfig.cmake
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/libOpenAL32.dll.a
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/pkgconfig/openal.pc
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/openal
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/openal/alsoftrc.sample
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/openal/hrtf
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/openal/hrtf/Default HRTF.mhr
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/openal/presets
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/openal/presets/3D7.1.ambdec
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/openal/presets/hexagon.ambdec
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/openal/presets/itu5.1-nocenter.ambdec
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/openal/presets/itu5.1.ambdec
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/openal/presets/presets.txt
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/openal/presets/rectangle.ambdec
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/openal/presets/square.ambdec
/usr/share/licenses/mingw32-openal-soft
/usr/share/licenses/mingw32-openal-soft/COPYING
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw32-openal-soft on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).
