How To Install libffado on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libffado on Rocky Linux 8. libffado is Free firewire audio driver library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libffado on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libffado

The FFADO project aims to provide a generic, open-source solution for the support of FireWire based audio devices for the Linux platform. It is the successor of the FreeBoB project.

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

Install libffado 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 libffado using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libffado

Install libffado 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 libffado using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libffado

How To Uninstall libffado on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libffado package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libffado

libffado Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4/2bb6d046ece7bae4c47406530d40b39b52a1ae
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-ffado.rules
/usr/lib64/libffado.so.2
/usr/lib64/libffado.so.2.4.4
/usr/lib64/libffado/static_info.txt
/usr/share/doc/libffado
/usr/share/doc/libffado/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libffado/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libffado/README
/usr/share/libffado
/usr/share/libffado/configuration
/usr/share/licenses/libffado
/usr/share/licenses/libffado/LICENSE.GPLv2
/usr/share/licenses/libffado/LICENSE.GPLv3

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libffado on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.