How To Install libmusicbrainz on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmusicbrainz on CentOS 7. libmusicbrainz is Library for accessing MusicBrainz servers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmusicbrainz on CentOS 7.

What is libmusicbrainz

The MusicBrainz client library allows applications to make metadata lookup to a MusicBrainz server, generate signatures from WAV data and create CD Index Disk ids from audio CD roms. The MusicBrainz client library allows applications to make metadata lookup to a MusicBrainz server, generate signatures from WAV data and create CD Index Disk ids from audio CD roms.

We can use yum or dnf to install libmusicbrainz on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libmusicbrainz.

Install libmusicbrainz on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libmusicbrainz using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libmusicbrainz

Install libmusicbrainz on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install libmusicbrainz

How To Uninstall libmusicbrainz on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libmusicbrainz

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmusicbrainz on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.