How To Install madplay on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install madplay on CentOS 7. madplay is MPEG audio decoder and player

Introduction

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

What is madplay

madplay is a command-line MPEG audio decoder and player based on the MAD library (libmad). For details about MAD, see the separately distributed libmad package.

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

Install madplay on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install madplay

Install madplay 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 madplay using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install madplay

How To Uninstall madplay on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove madplay

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Summary

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