How To Install libcdio-paranoia on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcdio-paranoia in AlmaLinux 8. libcdio-paranoia is CD paranoia on top of libcdio

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcdio-paranoia on AlmaLinux 8.

What is libcdio-paranoia

This CDDA reader distribution (’libcdio-cdparanoia’) reads audio from the CDROM directly as data, with no analog step between, and writes the data to a file or pipe as .wav, .aifc or as raw 16 bit linear PCM. Split off from libcdio to allow more flexible licensing and to be compatible with cdparanoia-III-10.2’s license. And also, libcdio is just too large.

We can use yum or dnf to install libcdio-paranoia on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libcdio-paranoia.

Install libcdio-paranoia on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libcdio-paranoia using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libcdio-paranoia

Install libcdio-paranoia on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libcdio-paranoia using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libcdio-paranoia

How To Uninstall libcdio-paranoia on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the libcdio-paranoia package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libcdio-paranoia

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcdio-paranoia on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.