How To Install alsa-tools-firmware on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-tools-firmware on Rocky Linux 8. alsa-tools-firmware is ALSA tools for uploading firmware to some soundcards

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-tools-firmware on Rocky Linux 8.

What is alsa-tools-firmware

This package contains tools for flashing firmware into certain sound cards. The following tools are available * hdsploader - for RME Hammerfall DSP cards * mixartloader - for Digigram miXart soundcards * vxloader - for Digigram VX soundcards * usx2yloader - second phase firmware loader for Tascam USX2Y USB soundcards

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

Install alsa-tools-firmware 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-tools-firmware using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install alsa-tools-firmware

Install alsa-tools-firmware 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-tools-firmware using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install alsa-tools-firmware

How To Uninstall alsa-tools-firmware on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the alsa-tools-firmware package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove alsa-tools-firmware

alsa-tools-firmware Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/lib/udev/rules.d/90-alsa-tools-firmware.rules
/lib/udev/tascam_fpga
/lib/udev/tascam_fw
/usr/bin/hdsploader
/usr/bin/mixartloader
/usr/bin/usx2yloader
/usr/bin/vxloader
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/03
/usr/lib/.build-id/03/1999a06ebe847258137fdf826f2d78e0e271ad
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e/a442b52a543120fbfae8503bf0bd0245082116
/usr/lib/.build-id/99
/usr/lib/.build-id/99/637ba9b31ccbaac4538e883294243f42f3fe74
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed/94523729361edf37b0b6ee148a37d459fa42dd
/usr/share/doc/alsa-tools
/usr/share/doc/alsa-tools/hdsploader
/usr/share/doc/alsa-tools/hdsploader/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/alsa-tools/hdsploader/README
/usr/share/doc/alsa-tools/mixartloader
/usr/share/doc/alsa-tools/mixartloader/README
/usr/share/doc/alsa-tools/usx2yloader
/usr/share/doc/alsa-tools/usx2yloader/README
/usr/share/doc/alsa-tools/vxloader
/usr/share/doc/alsa-tools/vxloader/README

References

Summary

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