How To Install alsa-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-utils.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. alsa-utils.x86_64 is Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `alsa-utils.x86_64`

This package contains command line utilities for the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA).

We can use yum to install alsa-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install alsa-utils.x86_64.

Install alsa-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install alsa-utils.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install alsa-utils.x86_64

How To Uninstall alsa-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the alsa-utils.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove alsa-utils.x86_64

alsa-utils.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/alsa
/etc/alsa/alsactl.conf
/usr/bin/aconnect
/usr/bin/alsa-delay
/usr/bin/alsabat
/usr/bin/alsaloop
/usr/bin/alsamixer
/usr/bin/alsatplg
/usr/bin/alsaucm
/usr/bin/alsaunmute
/usr/bin/amidi
/usr/bin/amixer
/usr/bin/aplay
/usr/bin/aplaymidi
/usr/bin/arecord
/usr/bin/arecordmidi
/usr/bin/aseqdump
/usr/bin/aseqnet
/usr/bin/iecset
/usr/bin/speaker-test
/usr/lib/alsa
/usr/lib/alsa/init
/usr/lib/alsa/init/00main
/usr/lib/alsa/init/ca0106
/usr/lib/alsa/init/default
/usr/lib/alsa/init/hda
/usr/lib/alsa/init/help
/usr/lib/alsa/init/info
/usr/lib/alsa/init/test
/usr/lib/systemd/system/alsa-restore.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/alsa-state.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/alsa-store.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/basic.target.wants
/usr/lib/systemd/system/basic.target.wants/alsa-restore.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/basic.target.wants/alsa-state.service
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/90-alsa-restore.rules
/usr/sbin/alsa-info
/usr/sbin/alsa-info.sh
/usr/sbin/alsabat-test.sh
/usr/sbin/alsactl
/usr/share/alsa
/usr/share/alsa/init
/usr/share/alsa/speaker-test
/usr/share/alsa/speaker-test/sample_map.csv
/usr/share/doc/alsa-utils-1.1.3
/usr/share/doc/alsa-utils-1.1.3/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/alsa-utils-1.1.3/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/alsa-utils-1.1.3/README
/usr/share/doc/alsa-utils-1.1.3/TODO
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/alsa-utils.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/alsa-utils.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/alsa-utils.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/aconnect.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/alsa-delay.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/alsa-info.sh.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/alsabat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/alsactl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/alsaloop.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/alsamixer.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/alsaucm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/alsaunmute.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/amidi.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/amixer.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/aplay.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/aplaymidi.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/arecord.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/arecordmidi.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/aseqdump.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/aseqnet.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/iecset.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/speaker-test.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/alsactl_init.7.gz
/usr/share/sounds/alsa
/usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav
/usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Left.wav
/usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Right.wav
/usr/share/sounds/alsa/Noise.wav
/usr/share/sounds/alsa/Rear_Center.wav
/usr/share/sounds/alsa/Rear_Left.wav
/usr/share/sounds/alsa/Rear_Right.wav
/usr/share/sounds/alsa/Side_Left.wav
/usr/share/sounds/alsa/Side_Right.wav
/var/lib/alsa

References

alsa-utils.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.