How To Install pulseaudio-module-bluetooth on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install pulseaudio-module-bluetooth on Rocky Linux 8. pulseaudio-module-bluetooth is Bluetooth support for the PulseAudio sound server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pulseaudio-module-bluetooth on Rocky Linux 8.

What is pulseaudio-module-bluetooth

Contains Bluetooth audio (A2DP/HSP/HFP) support for the PulseAudio sound server.

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

Install pulseaudio-module-bluetooth 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 pulseaudio-module-bluetooth using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pulseaudio-module-bluetooth

Install pulseaudio-module-bluetooth 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 pulseaudio-module-bluetooth using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pulseaudio-module-bluetooth

How To Uninstall pulseaudio-module-bluetooth on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the pulseaudio-module-bluetooth package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pulseaudio-module-bluetooth

pulseaudio-module-bluetooth Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/33/02de04c320312523123b728e763c0d06e3ef39
/usr/lib/.build-id/3a
/usr/lib/.build-id/3a/d94b802d9b5dec5ff464b92d9f251a5122482b
/usr/lib/.build-id/66/c1d4e2a9009aeeeaad6e20e39fec0628f89499
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d/f4845dd6197ae1b850d199555c613e9b51381b
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd/304241d46b57c0086328530a8c63dd80ea15be
/usr/lib64/pulse-14.0/modules/libbluez5-util.so
/usr/lib64/pulse-14.0/modules/module-bluetooth-discover.so
/usr/lib64/pulse-14.0/modules/module-bluetooth-policy.so
/usr/lib64/pulse-14.0/modules/module-bluez5-device.so
/usr/lib64/pulse-14.0/modules/module-bluez5-discover.so

References

Summary

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