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