How To Install wildmidi on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install wildmidi on Rocky Linux 8. wildmidi is Softsynth midi player

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wildmidi on Rocky Linux 8.

What is wildmidi

WildMidi is a software midi player which has a core softsynth library that can be used with other applications.

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

Install wildmidi on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install wildmidi

Install wildmidi on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install wildmidi

How To Uninstall wildmidi on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove wildmidi

wildmidi Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/wildmidi
/etc/wildmidi/wildmidi.cfg
/usr/bin/wildmidi
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0d
/usr/lib/.build-id/0d/e2796201a7645b0287285bf18ca0120571c5d5
/usr/share/licenses/wildmidi
/usr/share/licenses/wildmidi/GPLv3.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/wildmidi.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wildmidi on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.