How To Install alsa-plugins-oss on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-plugins-oss on Rocky Linux 8. alsa-plugins-oss is Oss PCM output plugin for ALSA

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-plugins-oss on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `alsa-plugins-oss`

This plugin converts the ALSA API over OSS API. With this plugin, ALSA native apps can run on OSS drivers. This plugin provides the PCM type “oss”.

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

Install alsa-plugins-oss 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 alsa-plugins-oss using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install alsa-plugins-oss

Install alsa-plugins-oss 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 alsa-plugins-oss using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install alsa-plugins-oss

How To Uninstall alsa-plugins-oss on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the alsa-plugins-oss package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove alsa-plugins-oss

alsa-plugins-oss Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/alsa/conf.d
/etc/alsa/conf.d/50-oss.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c/937e8b74caf0e5996024a8f0972fbbc864a734
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb/5dac0c3c6838c344335f826014b6bf976ff2ef
/usr/lib64/alsa-lib
/usr/lib64/alsa-lib/libasound_module_ctl_oss.so
/usr/lib64/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_oss.so
/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d
/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d/50-oss.conf
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-oss
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-oss/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-oss/COPYING.GPL
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-oss/README-pcm-oss
/etc/alsa/conf.d
/etc/alsa/conf.d/50-oss.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c/045d03698e2a3c596252a09f43e9d0b06fe2a2
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d/3c510260b5f30a7e32925d6c21e357434913c5
/usr/lib/alsa-lib
/usr/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_ctl_oss.so
/usr/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_oss.so
/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d
/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d/50-oss.conf
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-oss
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-oss/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-oss/COPYING.GPL
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-oss/README-pcm-oss

References

alsa-plugins-oss website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-plugins-oss on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.