How To Install mingw64-wavpack on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-wavpack in Fedora 36. mingw64-wavpack is Completely open audiocodec tools

Introduction

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

What is `mingw64-wavpack`

WavPack is a completely open audio compression format providing lossless, high-quality lossy, and a unique hybrid compression mode. Although the technology is loosely based on previous versions of WavPack, the new version 4 format has been designed from the ground up to offer unparalleled performance and functionality. This package is MinGW compiled wavpack library for the Win64 target.

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

Install mingw64-wavpack 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-wavpack using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mingw64-wavpack

Install mingw64-wavpack 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-wavpack using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mingw64-wavpack

How To Uninstall mingw64-wavpack on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove mingw64-wavpack

mingw64-wavpack Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/doc/mingw64-wavpack
/usr/share/doc/mingw64-wavpack/AUTHORS
/usr/share/licenses/mingw64-wavpack
/usr/share/licenses/mingw64-wavpack/COPYING
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/libwavpack-1.dll
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/wavpack
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/wavpack/wavpack.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/libwavpack.dll.a
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/pkgconfig/wavpack.pc

References

mingw64-wavpack website

Summary

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