How To Install openal-soft on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install openal-soft on Rocky Linux 8. openal-soft is Open Audio Library

Introduction

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

What is openal-soft

OpenAL Soft is a cross-platform software implementation of the OpenAL 3D audio API. It’s built off of the open-sourced Windows version available originally from the SVN repository at openal.org. OpenAL provides capabilities for playing audio in a virtual 3d environment. Distance attenuation, doppler shift, and directional sound emitters are among the features handled by the API. More advanced effects, including air absorption, low-pass filters, and reverb, are available through the EFX extension. It also facilitates streaming audio, multi-channel buffers, and audio capture.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install openal-soft

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

sudo yum -y install openal-soft

How To Uninstall openal-soft on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove openal-soft

openal-soft Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/openal
/etc/openal/alsoft.conf
/usr/bin/openal-info
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/00
/usr/lib/.build-id/00/5254d05909f3e37fc63291bb8b35fd74face31
/usr/lib/.build-id/52
/usr/lib/.build-id/52/319558ea08a5352d60e94c4ceb93677c5ed7e7
/usr/lib/libopenal.so.1
/usr/lib/libopenal.so.1.18.2
/usr/share/doc/openal-soft
/usr/share/doc/openal-soft/COPYING
/usr/share/openal
/usr/share/openal/hrtf
/usr/share/openal/hrtf/default-44100.mhr
/usr/share/openal/hrtf/default-48000.mhr
/usr/share/openal/presets
/usr/share/openal/presets/3D7.1.ambdec
/usr/share/openal/presets/hexagon.ambdec
/usr/share/openal/presets/itu5.1.ambdec
/usr/share/openal/presets/rectangle.ambdec
/usr/share/openal/presets/square.ambdec
/etc/openal
/etc/openal/alsoft.conf
/usr/bin/openal-info
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/32
/usr/lib/.build-id/32/c0a8af210e798523c370848f9bc8594d018fce
/usr/lib/.build-id/5c
/usr/lib/.build-id/5c/2e5a6d739de6125aeaf7eed8d0ae3e2e176369
/usr/lib64/libopenal.so.1
/usr/lib64/libopenal.so.1.18.2
/usr/share/doc/openal-soft
/usr/share/doc/openal-soft/COPYING
/usr/share/openal
/usr/share/openal/hrtf
/usr/share/openal/hrtf/default-44100.mhr
/usr/share/openal/hrtf/default-48000.mhr
/usr/share/openal/presets
/usr/share/openal/presets/3D7.1.ambdec
/usr/share/openal/presets/hexagon.ambdec
/usr/share/openal/presets/itu5.1.ambdec
/usr/share/openal/presets/rectangle.ambdec
/usr/share/openal/presets/square.ambdec

References

Summary

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