How To Install libtimidity on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtimidity on AlmaLinux 8.
What is libtimidity
This library is based on the TiMidity decoder from SDL_sound library. Purpose to create this library is to avoid unnecessary dependences. SDL_sound requires SDL and some other libraries, that not needed to process MIDI files. In addition libtimidity provides more suitable API to work with MIDI songs, it enables to specify full path to the timidity configuration file, and have function to retrieve meta data from MIDI song.
We can use yum or dnf to install libtimidity on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libtimidity.
Install libtimidity 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 libtimidity using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libtimidity
Install libtimidity 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 libtimidity using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libtimidity
How To Uninstall libtimidity on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the libtimidity package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libtimidity
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtimidity on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.