How To Install portmidi-devel on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install portmidi-devel in AlmaLinux 8. portmidi-devel is Headers for developing programs that will use portmidi

Introduction

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

What is `portmidi-devel`

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 header files and the documentation of PortMidi libraries.

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

Install portmidi-devel 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-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install portmidi-devel

Install portmidi-devel 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-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install portmidi-devel

How To Uninstall portmidi-devel on AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove portmidi-devel

References

portmidi-devel website

Summary

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