How To Install mp3gain on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install mp3gain on CentOS 7. mp3gain is Lossless MP3 volume adjustment tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mp3gain on CentOS 7.

What is mp3gain

MP3Gain analyzes and adjusts mp3 files so that they have the same volume. It does not just do peak normalization, as many normalizers do. Instead, it does some statistical analysis to determine how loud the file actually sounds to the human ear. Also, the changes MP3Gain makes are completely lossless. There is no quality lost in the change because the program adjusts the mp3 file directly, without decoding and re-encoding.

We can use yum or dnf to install mp3gain on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mp3gain.

Install mp3gain on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install mp3gain using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mp3gain

Install mp3gain 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 mp3gain using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mp3gain

How To Uninstall mp3gain on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the mp3gain package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mp3gain

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mp3gain on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.