How To Install portmidi on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install portmidi in AlmaLinux 8. portmidi is Real-time Midi I/O Library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install portmidi on AlmaLinux 8.

What is portmidi

PortMedia is a set of simple clean APIs and cross-platform library implementations for music and other media. PortMidi sub-project provides a real-time MIDI input/output library. This package contains the PortMidi libraries.

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

Install portmidi 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 portmidi using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install portmidi

Install portmidi 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 portmidi using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install portmidi

How To Uninstall portmidi on AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove portmidi

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install portmidi on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.