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

In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-plugins-usbstream on Rocky Linux 8. alsa-plugins-usbstream is USB stream plugin for ALSA

Introduction

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

What is `alsa-plugins-usbstream`

The usbstream plugin is for snd-usb-us122l driver. It converts PCM stream to USB specific stream.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install alsa-plugins-usbstream

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

sudo yum -y install alsa-plugins-usbstream

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

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

sudo dnf remove alsa-plugins-usbstream

alsa-plugins-usbstream Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/alsa/conf.d
/etc/alsa/conf.d/98-usb-stream.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/30
/usr/lib/.build-id/30/8bc1db868b16cec81fb0864a8cc165401cc230
/usr/lib/alsa-lib
/usr/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_usb_stream.so
/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d
/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d/98-usb-stream.conf
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-usbstream
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-usbstream/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-usbstream/COPYING.GPL
/etc/alsa/conf.d
/etc/alsa/conf.d/98-usb-stream.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b/514ac9d21b4891f84dfc6417b459608ff48b48
/usr/lib64/alsa-lib
/usr/lib64/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_usb_stream.so
/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d
/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d/98-usb-stream.conf
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-usbstream
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-usbstream/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-usbstream/COPYING.GPL

References

alsa-plugins-usbstream website

Summary

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