How To Install raysession on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install raysession in Fedora 36. raysession is Session manager for audio software

Introduction

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

What is `raysession`

Ray Session is a GNU/Linux session manager for audio programs as Ardour, Carla, QTractor, Non-Timeline, etc… It uses the same API as Non Session Manager, so programs compatible with NSM are also compatible with Ray Session. As Non Session Manager, the principle is to load together audio programs, then be able to save or close all documents together. Ray Session offers a little more - Factory templates for NSM and LASH compatible applications - Possibility to save any client as template - Save session as template - Name files with a prettier way - remember if client was started or not - Abort session almost anytime - Change Main Folder of sessions on GUI - Possibility to KILL client if clean exit is too long - Open Session Folder button (open default file manager) Ray Session is being developed by houston4444, using Python3 and Qt5.

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

Install raysession 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 raysession using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install raysession

Install raysession 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 raysession using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install raysession

How To Uninstall raysession on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove raysession

raysession Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/xdg/raysession/client_templates
/etc/xdg/raysession/client_templates/40_ray_nsm
/etc/xdg/raysession/client_templates/40_ray_nsm/client_templates.xml
/etc/xdg/raysession/client_templates/60_ray_lash
/etc/xdg/raysession/client_templates/60_ray_lash/Calf JACK Host
/etc/xdg/raysession/client_templates/60_ray_lash/Calf JACK Host/XXX_SESSION_NAME_XXX.XXX_CLIENT_ID_XXX
/etc/xdg/raysession/client_templates/60_ray_lash/Calf JACK Host/XXX_SESSION_NAME_XXX.XXX_CLIENT_ID_XXX/XXX_SESSION_NAME_XXX.calf
/etc/xdg/raysession/client_templates/60_ray_lash/Jack Mixer
/etc/xdg/raysession/client_templates/60_ray_lash/Jack Mixer/XXX_SESSION_NAME_XXX.XXX_CLIENT_ID_XXX
/etc/xdg/raysession/client_templates/60_ray_lash/Jack Mixer/XXX_SESSION_NAME_XXX.XXX_CLIENT_ID_XXX/XXX_SESSION_NAME_XXX.xml
/etc/xdg/raysession/client_templates/60_ray_lash/Qsampler
/etc/xdg/raysession/client_templates/60_ray_lash/Qsampler/XXX_SESSION_NAME_XXX.XXX_CLIENT_ID_XXX
/etc/xdg/raysession/client_templates/60_ray_lash/Qsampler/XXX_SESSION_NAME_XXX.XXX_CLIENT_ID_XXX/XXX_SESSION_NAME_XXX.lscp
/etc/xdg/raysession/client_templates/60_ray_lash/Rosegarden
/etc/xdg/raysession/client_templates/60_ray_lash/Rosegarden/XXX_SESSION_NAME_XXX.XXX_CLIENT_ID_XXX
/etc/xdg/raysession/client_templates/60_ray_lash/Rosegarden/XXX_SESSION_NAME_XXX.XXX_CLIENT_ID_XXX/XXX_SESSION_NAME_XXX.rg
/etc/xdg/raysession/client_templates/60_ray_lash/Seq24
/etc/xdg/raysession/client_templates/60_ray_lash/Seq24/XXX_SESSION_NAME_XXX.XXX_CLIENT_ID_XXX
/etc/xdg/raysession/client_templates/60_ray_lash/Seq24/XXX_SESSION_NAME_XXX.XXX_CLIENT_ID_XXX/XXX_SESSION_NAME_XXX.midi
/etc/xdg/raysession/client_templates/60_ray_lash/Sequencer64
/etc/xdg/raysession/client_templates/60_ray_lash/Sequencer64/XXX_SESSION_NAME_XXX.XXX_CLIENT_ID_XXX
/etc/xdg/raysession/client_templates/60_ray_lash/Sequencer64/XXX_SESSION_NAME_XXX.XXX_CLIENT_ID_XXX/XXX_SESSION_NAME_XXX.midi
/etc/xdg/raysession/client_templates/60_ray_lash/client_templates.xml
/usr/bin/ray-daemon
/usr/bin/ray-jack_checker_daemon
/usr/bin/ray-jack_config_script
/usr/bin/ray-proxy
/usr/bin/ray-pulse2jack
/usr/bin/ray_control
/usr/bin/ray_git
/usr/bin/raysession
/usr/share/applications/ray-jack_checker.desktop
/usr/share/applications/ray-jackpatch.desktop
/usr/share/applications/ray-network.desktop
/usr/share/applications/raysession.desktop
/usr/share/doc/raysession
/usr/share/doc/raysession/README-wayland
/usr/share/doc/raysession/README.md
/usr/share/doc/raysession/TODO
/usr/share/doc/raysession/TRANSLATORS
/usr/share/doc/raysession/snapshots_explain
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/raysession.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/raysession.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/raysession.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/raysession.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/raysession.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/raysession.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/raysession.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/96x96/apps/raysession.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/raysession.svg
/usr/share/licenses/raysession
/usr/share/licenses/raysession/COPYING
/usr/share/raysession
/usr/share/raysession/client_templates
/usr/share/raysession/client_templates/40_ray_nsm
/usr/share/raysession/client_templates/40_ray_nsm/client_templates.xml
/usr/share/raysession/client_templates/60_ray_lash
/usr/share/raysession/client_templates/60_ray_lash/Calf JACK Host
/usr/share/raysession/client_templates/60_ray_lash/Calf JACK Host/XXX_SESSION_NAME_XXX.XXX_CLIENT_ID_XXX
/usr/share/raysession/client_templates/60_ray_lash/Calf JACK Host/XXX_SESSION_NAME_XXX.XXX_CLIENT_ID_XXX/XXX_SESSION_NAME_XXX.calf
/usr/share/raysession/client_templates/60_ray_lash/Jack Mixer
/usr/share/raysession/client_templates/60_ray_lash/Jack Mixer/XXX_SESSION_NAME_XXX.XXX_CLIENT_ID_XXX
/usr/share/raysession/client_templates/60_ray_lash/Jack Mixer/XXX_SESSION_NAME_XXX.XXX_CLIENT_ID_XXX/XXX_SESSION_NAME_XXX.xml
/usr/share/raysession/client_templates/60_ray_lash/Qsampler
/usr/share/raysession/client_templates/60_ray_lash/Qsampler/XXX_SESSION_NAME_XXX.XXX_CLIENT_ID_XXX
/usr/share/raysession/client_templates/60_ray_lash/Qsampler/XXX_SESSION_NAME_XXX.XXX_CLIENT_ID_XXX/XXX_SESSION_NAME_XXX.lscp
/usr/share/raysession/client_templates/60_ray_lash/Rosegarden
/usr/share/raysession/client_templates/60_ray_lash/Rosegarden/XXX_SESSION_NAME_XXX.XXX_CLIENT_ID_XXX
/usr/share/raysession/client_templates/60_ray_lash/Rosegarden/XXX_SESSION_NAME_XXX.XXX_CLIENT_ID_XXX/XXX_SESSION_NAME_XXX.rg
/usr/share/raysession/client_templates/60_ray_lash/Seq24
/usr/share/raysession/client_templates/60_ray_lash/Seq24/XXX_SESSION_NAME_XXX.XXX_CLIENT_ID_XXX
/usr/share/raysession/client_templates/60_ray_lash/Seq24/XXX_SESSION_NAME_XXX.XXX_CLIENT_ID_XXX/XXX_SESSION_NAME_XXX.midi
/usr/share/raysession/client_templates/60_ray_lash/Sequencer64
/usr/share/raysession/client_templates/60_ray_lash/Sequencer64/XXX_SESSION_NAME_XXX.XXX_CLIENT_ID_XXX
/usr/share/raysession/client_templates/60_ray_lash/Sequencer64/XXX_SESSION_NAME_XXX.XXX_CLIENT_ID_XXX/XXX_SESSION_NAME_XXX.midi
/usr/share/raysession/client_templates/60_ray_lash/client_templates.xml
/usr/share/raysession/data
/usr/share/raysession/data/ray-daemon
/usr/share/raysession/data/ray-proxy
/usr/share/raysession/data/ray_control
/usr/share/raysession/data/raysession
/usr/share/raysession/data/share
/usr/share/raysession/data/share/applications
/usr/share/raysession/data/share/applications/ray-jack_checker.desktop
/usr/share/raysession/data/share/applications/ray-jackpatch.desktop
/usr/share/raysession/data/share/applications/ray-network.desktop
/usr/share/raysession/data/share/applications/raysession.desktop
/usr/share/raysession/locale
/usr/share/raysession/locale/raysession_en_US.qm
/usr/share/raysession/locale/raysession_fr_FR.qm
/usr/share/raysession/session_scripts
/usr/share/raysession/session_scripts/base scripts
/usr/share/raysession/session_scripts/base scripts/ray-scripts
/usr/share/raysession/session_scripts/save_jack_config
/usr/share/raysession/session_scripts/save_jack_config/ray-scripts
/usr/share/raysession/session_scripts/save_via_window
/usr/share/raysession/session_scripts/save_via_window/ray-scripts
/usr/share/raysession/session_scripts/save_via_window/ray-scripts/save.sh
/usr/share/raysession/session_scripts/save_via_window/ray-scripts/save_via_windows.sh
/usr/share/raysession/session_scripts/slow_open
/usr/share/raysession/session_scripts/slow_open/ray-scripts
/usr/share/raysession/session_scripts/slow_open/ray-scripts/load.sh
/usr/share/raysession/session_templates
/usr/share/raysession/session_templates/scripted
/usr/share/raysession/session_templates/scripted/ray-scripts
/usr/share/raysession/session_templates/scripted/ray-scripts/close.sh
/usr/share/raysession/session_templates/scripted/ray-scripts/load.sh
/usr/share/raysession/session_templates/scripted/ray-scripts/save.sh
/usr/share/raysession/session_templates/scripted/raysession.xml
/usr/share/raysession/session_templates/with_jack_config
/usr/share/raysession/session_templates/with_jack_config/ray-scripts
/usr/share/raysession/session_templates/with_jack_config/ray-scripts/.directory
/usr/share/raysession/session_templates/with_jack_config/ray-scripts/.jack_config_script
/usr/share/raysession/session_templates/with_jack_config/ray-scripts/close.sh
/usr/share/raysession/session_templates/with_jack_config/ray-scripts/load.sh
/usr/share/raysession/session_templates/with_jack_config/ray-scripts/save.sh
/usr/share/raysession/session_templates/with_jack_config/raysession.xml
/usr/share/raysession/session_templates/with_jack_patch
/usr/share/raysession/session_templates/with_jack_patch/raysession.xml
/usr/share/raysession/src
/usr/share/raysession/src/bin
/usr/share/raysession/src/bin/ray-daemon
/usr/share/raysession/src/bin/ray-jack_checker_daemon
/usr/share/raysession/src/bin/ray-jack_config_script
/usr/share/raysession/src/bin/ray-jackpatch
/usr/share/raysession/src/bin/ray-network
/usr/share/raysession/src/bin/ray-proxy
/usr/share/raysession/src/bin/ray-pulse2jack
/usr/share/raysession/src/bin/ray_control
/usr/share/raysession/src/bin/ray_git
/usr/share/raysession/src/bin/raysession
/usr/share/raysession/src/bin/sooperlooper_lash
/usr/share/raysession/src/bin/sooperlooper_nsm
/usr/share/raysession/src/clients
/usr/share/raysession/src/clients/jackpatch
/usr/share/raysession/src/clients/jackpatch/jacklib.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/clients/jackpatch/nsm_client.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/clients/jackpatch/ray-jackpatch.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/clients/jackpatch/ray.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/clients/proxy
/usr/share/raysession/src/clients/proxy/nsm_client.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/clients/proxy/ray-proxy.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/clients/proxy/ray.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/clients/proxy/ui_proxy_copy.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/clients/proxy/ui_proxy_gui.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/clients/sooperlooper
/usr/share/raysession/src/clients/sooperlooper/jacklib.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/clients/sooperlooper/nsm_client.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/clients/sooperlooper/ray.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/clients/sooperlooper/sooperlooper_lash
/usr/share/raysession/src/clients/sooperlooper/sooperlooper_nsm.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/control
/usr/share/raysession/src/control/help_en_US
/usr/share/raysession/src/control/help_fr_FR
/usr/share/raysession/src/control/osc_server.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/control/ray_control.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/daemon
/usr/share/raysession/src/daemon/bookmarker.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/daemon/client.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/daemon/daemon_tools.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/daemon/desktops_memory.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/daemon/file_copier.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/daemon/multi_daemon_file.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/daemon/nsm_server_control.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/daemon/osc_server_thread.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/daemon/ray-daemon.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/daemon/ray.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/daemon/scripter.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/daemon/server_sender.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/daemon/session.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/daemon/session_signaled.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/daemon/signaler.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/daemon/snapshoter.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/add_application_dialog.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/child_dialogs.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/client_properties_dialog.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/daemon_manager.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/gui_client.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/gui_server_thread.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/gui_session.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/gui_signaler.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/gui_tools.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/list_widget_clients.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/main_window.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/nsm_child.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/nsm_client.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/ray.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/raysession.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/resources_rc.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/snapshots_dialog.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/surclassed_widgets.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/ui_abort_copy.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/ui_abort_session.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/ui_about_raysession.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/ui_add_application.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/ui_client_properties.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/ui_client_slot.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/ui_client_trash.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/ui_daemon_url.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/ui_donations.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/ui_error_dialog.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/ui_jack_config_info.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/ui_list_snapshots.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/ui_new_executable.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/ui_new_session.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/ui_nsm_open_info.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/ui_nsm_properties.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/ui_open_session.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/ui_quit_app.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/ui_ray_hack_copy.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/ui_ray_hack_properties.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/ui_raysession.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/ui_remove_template.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/ui_save_template_session.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/ui_script_info.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/ui_script_user_action.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/ui_session_scripts_info.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/ui_snapshot_name.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/ui_snapshot_progress.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/ui_snapshots_info.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/ui_stop_client.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/ui_stop_client_no_save.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/ui_template_slot.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/gui/ui_waiting_close_user.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/jack_config_script
/usr/share/raysession/src/jack_config_script/get_diff.sh
/usr/share/raysession/src/jack_config_script/jack_checker_daemon.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/jack_config_script/jack_parameters.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/jack_config_script/load_config.sh
/usr/share/raysession/src/jack_config_script/locale.sh
/usr/share/raysession/src/jack_config_script/putback_config.sh
/usr/share/raysession/src/jack_config_script/reconfigure-pulse2jack.sh
/usr/share/raysession/src/jack_config_script/save_config.sh
/usr/share/raysession/src/jack_config_script/script_starter.sh
/usr/share/raysession/src/jack_config_script/set_jack_parameters.sh
/usr/share/raysession/src/jack_config_script/shared.sh
/usr/share/raysession/src/shared
/usr/share/raysession/src/shared/jacklib.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/shared/nsm_client.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/shared/print_osc_messages.py
/usr/share/raysession/src/shared/ray.py

References

raysession website

Summary

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