How To Install mpg123-plugins-pulseaudio on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install mpg123-plugins-pulseaudio on Rocky Linux 8. mpg123-plugins-pulseaudio is Pulseaudio output plug-in for mpg123

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mpg123-plugins-pulseaudio on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `mpg123-plugins-pulseaudio`

Real time MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 audio player/decoder for layers 1, 2 and 3 (most commonly MPEG 1.0 layer 3 aka MP3), as well as re-usable decoding and output libraries. Pulseaudio output plug-in.

We can use yum or dnf to install mpg123-plugins-pulseaudio on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mpg123-plugins-pulseaudio.

Install mpg123-plugins-pulseaudio 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 mpg123-plugins-pulseaudio using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mpg123-plugins-pulseaudio

Install mpg123-plugins-pulseaudio 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 mpg123-plugins-pulseaudio using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mpg123-plugins-pulseaudio

How To Uninstall mpg123-plugins-pulseaudio on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the mpg123-plugins-pulseaudio package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mpg123-plugins-pulseaudio

mpg123-plugins-pulseaudio Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/02
/usr/lib/.build-id/02/20fb1159f2d15dc9cd8058172b51f9fb6d0ecb
/usr/lib64/mpg123/output_pulse.so

References

mpg123-plugins-pulseaudio website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mpg123-plugins-pulseaudio on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.