--- title: Install fre:ac on Red Hat Enterprise Linux using the Snap Store | Snapcraft description: Get the latest version of fre:ac for on Red Hat Enterprise Linux - Audio converter and CD ripper url: https://snapcraft.io/install/freac/rhel --- [Canonical Snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/) # Install fre:ac on **Red Hat Enterprise Linux** # fre:ac (freac) [Robert Kausch (enzo1982)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/enzo1982 "View all snaps from Robert Kausch (enzo1982)") * [Robert Kausch (enzo1982)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/enzo1982 "View all snaps from Robert Kausch (enzo1982)") * [Music and Audio](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=music-and-audio) [Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/freac/rhel#install) #### Audio converter and CD ripper fre:ac is a free and open source audio converter that comes with an integrated tag editor and supports various audio file formats. Features include: * Support for MP3, MP4/AAC, Opus, FLAC and other formats * Integrated player and tag editor * Support for playlists, cue sheets and chapters * Fast, multi-threaded conversion engine * Ability to convert to multiple formats at once * Can verify lossless input and output files * Support for freedb/CDDB queries and submits * Support for using command line codecs * User interface available in 40+ languages * Optional command line interface **Note:** In order to access files on removable media, you need to grant access by running: `snap connect freac:removable-media` ### Package name * freac --- ### License * GPL-2.0+ --- ### Last updated * 13 March 2023 - latest/stable * 9 June 2026 - latest/edge --- ### Websites * [www.freac.org](https://www.freac.org "https://www.freac.org") --- ### Contact * [info@freac.org](mailto:info@freac.org "mailto:info@freac.org") --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/freac/rhel#report-snap-modal) --- ## Enable snaps on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and install fre:ac Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully. Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions. ### Enable snapd Snap is available for [Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8](https://www.redhat.com/en/enterprise-linux-8) and RHEL 7, from the 7.6 release onward. The packages for RHEL 7, RHEL 8, and RHEL 9 are in each distribution’s respective [Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL) (EPEL) repository. The instructions for adding this repository diverge slightly between RHEL 7, RHEL 8 and RHEL 9, which is why they’re listed separately below. The EPEL repository can be added to **RHEL 9** with the following command: ``` sudo dnf install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm sudo dnf upgrade ``` The EPEL repository can be added to **RHEL 8** with the following command: ``` sudo dnf install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm sudo dnf upgrade ``` The EPEL repository can be added to **RHEL 7** with the following command: ``` sudo rpm -ivh https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm ``` Adding the *optional* and *extras* repositories is also recommended: ``` sudo subscription-manager repos --enable "rhel-*-optional-rpms" --enable "rhel-*-extras-rpms" sudo yum update ``` Snap can now be installed as follows: ``` sudo yum install snapd ``` Once installed, the *systemd* unit that manages the main snap communication socket needs to be enabled: ``` sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket ``` To enable *classic* snap support, enter the following to create a symbolic link between `/var/lib/snapd/snap` and `/snap`: ``` sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap ``` Either log out and back in again or restart your system to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly. ### Install fre:ac To install fre:ac, simply use the following command: ``` sudo snap install freac ``` ### Other popular snaps… [See more...](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) [See more in Featured](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) ### More things to do… #### [Get the snap store](https://snapcraft.io/snap-store) Browse and find snaps from the convenience of your desktop using the snap store snap. #### [Learn more about snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs) Interested to find out more about snaps? 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