How To Install openal-soft-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install openal-soft-devel on Rocky Linux 8. openal-soft-devel is Development files for openal-soft

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install openal-soft-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is openal-soft-devel

The openal-soft-devel package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that use openal-soft.

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

Install openal-soft-devel 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 openal-soft-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install openal-soft-devel

Install openal-soft-devel 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 openal-soft-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install openal-soft-devel

How To Uninstall openal-soft-devel on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the openal-soft-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove openal-soft-devel

openal-soft-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/bsincgen
/usr/bin/makehrtf
/usr/include/AL
/usr/include/AL/al.h
/usr/include/AL/alc.h
/usr/include/AL/alext.h
/usr/include/AL/efx-creative.h
/usr/include/AL/efx-presets.h
/usr/include/AL/efx.h
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e/19eb71fbed38dd041b26b401eadad35c9bd12c
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca/687ac5ba49d05756a43d77f6079f7559256b9a
/usr/lib64/cmake/OpenAL
/usr/lib64/cmake/OpenAL/OpenALConfig-relwithdebinfo.cmake
/usr/lib64/cmake/OpenAL/OpenALConfig.cmake
/usr/lib64/libopenal.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/openal.pc
/usr/bin/bsincgen
/usr/bin/makehrtf
/usr/include/AL
/usr/include/AL/al.h
/usr/include/AL/alc.h
/usr/include/AL/alext.h
/usr/include/AL/efx-creative.h
/usr/include/AL/efx-presets.h
/usr/include/AL/efx.h
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a/22a516a6b734c2d0d033b1dc22c91d84d64d64
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0/be9dbeef52e8ee5e855d0808d586912fd70a87
/usr/lib/cmake/OpenAL
/usr/lib/cmake/OpenAL/OpenALConfig-relwithdebinfo.cmake
/usr/lib/cmake/OpenAL/OpenALConfig.cmake
/usr/lib/libopenal.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/openal.pc

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install openal-soft-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.