How To Install mikmod on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install mikmod on CentOS 8. mikmod is Console music module player

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mikmod on CentOS 8.

What is mikmod

MikMod is one of the best and most well known MOD music file players for UNIX-like systems. This particular distribution is intended to compile fairly painlessly in a Linux environment. MikMod uses the OSS /dev/dsp driver including all recent kernels for output, and will also write .wav files. Supported file formats include MOD, STM, S3M, MTM, XM, ULT, and IT. The player uses ncurses for console output and supports transparent loading from gzip/pkzip/zoo archives and the loading/saving of playlists. Install the mikmod package if you need a MOD music file player.

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

Install mikmod on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install mikmod

Install mikmod on CentOS 8 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 mikmod using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mikmod

How To Uninstall mikmod on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove mikmod

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mikmod on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.