Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install soundtouch on CentOS 8.
What is soundtouch
SoundTouch is a LGPL-licensed open-source audio processing library for changing the Tempo, Pitch and Playback Rates of audio streams or files. The SoundTouch library is suited for application developers writing sound processing tools that require tempo/pitch control functionality, or just for playing around with the sound effects. The SoundTouch library source kit includes an example utility SoundStretch which allows processing .wav audio files from a command-line interface. soundtouch 2.0.0 3.el8 x86_64 76 k soundtouch-2.0.0-3.el8.src.rpm appstream Audio Processing library for changing Tempo, Pitch and Playback Rates http LGPLv2+ SoundTouch is a LGPL-licensed open-source audio processing library for changing the Tempo, Pitch and Playback Rates of audio streams or files. The SoundTouch library is suited for application developers writing sound processing tools that require tempo/pitch control functionality, or just for playing around with the sound effects. The SoundTouch library source kit includes an example utility SoundStretch which allows processing .wav audio files from a command-line interface.
We can use yum or dnf to install soundtouch on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install soundtouch.
Install soundtouch on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install soundtouch using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install soundtouch
Install soundtouch on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install soundtouch using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install soundtouch
How To Uninstall soundtouch on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the soundtouch package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove soundtouch
soundtouch Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/soundstretch
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/03
/usr/lib/.build-id/03/64d566dffcc86a46d01c00a890104133d7584e
/usr/lib/.build-id/25
/usr/lib/.build-id/25/f198a77fb1fd10c1c4a135575f8c38cd3160ed
/usr/lib/libSoundTouch.so.2
/usr/lib/libSoundTouch.so.2.0.0
/usr/share/doc/soundtouch
/usr/share/doc/soundtouch/README.html
/usr/share/licenses/soundtouch
/usr/share/licenses/soundtouch/COPYING.TXT
/usr/bin/soundstretch
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d/14b7ea2688e089db03273fd64458a68d2b921b
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e/3bb09e6f0c194e5a3d4dd70d71814eb45a8cac
/usr/lib64/libSoundTouch.so.2
/usr/lib64/libSoundTouch.so.2.0.0
/usr/share/doc/soundtouch
/usr/share/doc/soundtouch/README.html
/usr/share/licenses/soundtouch
/usr/share/licenses/soundtouch/COPYING.TXT
References
- [soundtouch website](http://www.surina.net/soundtouch/
http://www.surina.net/soundtouch/)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install soundtouch on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
