How To Install mingw64-gsm-tools on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-gsm-tools in Fedora 36. mingw64-gsm-tools is Tools for Free Lossless Audio Codec

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-gsm-tools on Fedora 36.

What is `mingw64-gsm-tools`

Contains command line utilities for libgsm, an implementation of the European GSM 06.10 provisional standard for full-rate speech transcoding, prI-ETS 300 036, which uses RPE/LTP (residual pulse excitation/long term prediction) coding at 13 kbit/s. This package are MinGW compiled gsm tools for the Win64 target.

We can use yum or dnf to install mingw64-gsm-tools on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mingw64-gsm-tools.

Install mingw64-gsm-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 mingw64-gsm-tools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mingw64-gsm-tools

Install mingw64-gsm-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 mingw64-gsm-tools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mingw64-gsm-tools

How To Uninstall mingw64-gsm-tools on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the mingw64-gsm-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mingw64-gsm-tools

mingw64-gsm-tools Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/tcat.exe
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/toast.exe
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/untoast.exe

References

mingw64-gsm-tools website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-gsm-tools on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).