How To Install sox-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install sox-devel on CentOS 7. sox-devel is The SoX sound file format converter libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sox-devel on CentOS 7.

What is sox-devel

This package contains the library needed for compiling applications which will use the SoX sound file format converter. This package contains the library needed for compiling applications which will use the SoX sound file format converter.

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

Install sox-devel on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install sox-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sox-devel

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

sudo dnf -y install sox-devel

How To Uninstall sox-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove sox-devel

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Summary

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