How To Install pulseaudio-module-x11 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install pulseaudio-module-x11 on Rocky Linux 8. pulseaudio-module-x11 is X11 support for the PulseAudio sound server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pulseaudio-module-x11 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is pulseaudio-module-x11

X11 bell and security modules for the PulseAudio sound server.

We can use yum or dnf to install pulseaudio-module-x11 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pulseaudio-module-x11.

Install pulseaudio-module-x11 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-x11 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pulseaudio-module-x11

Install pulseaudio-module-x11 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-x11 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pulseaudio-module-x11

How To Uninstall pulseaudio-module-x11 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the pulseaudio-module-x11 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pulseaudio-module-x11

pulseaudio-module-x11 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/xdg/autostart/pulseaudio.desktop
/usr/bin/start-pulseaudio-x11
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4b
/usr/lib/.build-id/4b/0c308af7c0ed2ed790ab2d926ef5d1ac4e5a39
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1/ce0dca18c9a9acb8724366dadaab0ef8da1590
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9/4ca297c4c3159c678bc27959252ba1fab1903c
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef/cb0fda1b8b566b2f42804aa5cce5ee79829f36
/usr/lib64/pulse-14.0/modules/module-x11-bell.so
/usr/lib64/pulse-14.0/modules/module-x11-cork-request.so
/usr/lib64/pulse-14.0/modules/module-x11-publish.so
/usr/lib64/pulse-14.0/modules/module-x11-xsmp.so
/usr/share/man/man1/start-pulseaudio-x11.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pulseaudio-module-x11 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.