How To Install libprojectM on CentOS 7

Introduction

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

What is libprojectM

projectM is an awesome music visualizer. There is nothing better in the world of Unix. projectM’s greatness comes from the hard work of the community. Users like you can create presets that connect music with incredible visuals. projectM is an LGPL’ed reimplementation of Milkdrop under OpenGL. All projectM requires is a video card with 3D acceleration and your favorite music.

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

Install libprojectM on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install libprojectM

Install libprojectM 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 libprojectM using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libprojectM

How To Uninstall libprojectM on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libprojectM

References

• libprojectM website

Summary

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