How to Install Polaris on Fedora CoreOS Latest

Polaris is an audio player software for Linux that is designed to be fast, reliable, and customizable. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Polaris on Fedora CoreOS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, you need to have the following:

• A running instance of Fedora CoreOS Latest
• A terminal window with sudo access

Step 1: Install Dependencies

To install Polaris on Fedora CoreOS Latest, you first need to install the required dependencies:

sudo dnf install \
    alsa-lib-devel \
    fontconfig-devel \
    freetype-devel \
    mesa-libGL-devel \
    libX11-devel \
    libXext-devel \
    libXrandr-devel \
    libXinerama-devel \
    libXcursor-devel \
    libXi-devel \
    libXdamage-devel \
    libXv-devel \
    libXxf86vm-devel \
    pulseaudio-libs-devel \
    portaudio-devel \
    gcc-c++ \
    git \
    make

Step 2: Download and Build Polaris

Next, you need to download and build Polaris from the official GitHub repository:

git clone https://github.com/agersant/polaris.git
cd polaris
make

Step 3: Install Polaris

After building Polaris, you can install it by running the following command:

sudo make install

Step 4: Run Polaris

Now that Polaris is installed, you can start the application by running the following command:

polaris

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Polaris on Fedora CoreOS Latest. Polaris is a powerful and flexible audio player that is perfect for anyone who wants to enjoy their music collection on Linux.

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