How To Install libao.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libao.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. libao.i686 is Cross Platform Audio Output Library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libao.i686 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `libao.i686`

Libao is a cross platform audio output library. It currently supports ESD, OSS, Solaris, and IRIX.

We can use yum to install libao.i686 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libao.i686.

Install libao.i686 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 libao.i686 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libao.i686

How To Uninstall libao.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the libao.i686 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove libao.i686

libao.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/ao
/usr/lib/ao/plugins-4
/usr/lib/ao/plugins-4/libalsa.so
/usr/lib/ao/plugins-4/liboss.so
/usr/lib/ao/plugins-4/libpulse.so
/usr/lib/libao.so.4
/usr/lib/libao.so.4.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libao-1.1.0
/usr/share/doc/libao-1.1.0/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libao-1.1.0/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/libao-1.1.0/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libao-1.1.0/README
/usr/share/doc/libao-1.1.0/ao_append_option.html
/usr/share/doc/libao-1.1.0/ao_close.html
/usr/share/doc/libao-1.1.0/ao_default_driver_id.html
/usr/share/doc/libao-1.1.0/ao_device.html
/usr/share/doc/libao-1.1.0/ao_driver_id.html
/usr/share/doc/libao-1.1.0/ao_driver_info.html
/usr/share/doc/libao-1.1.0/ao_driver_info_list.html
/usr/share/doc/libao-1.1.0/ao_example.c
/usr/share/doc/libao-1.1.0/ao_file_extension.html
/usr/share/doc/libao-1.1.0/ao_free_options.html
/usr/share/doc/libao-1.1.0/ao_info.html
/usr/share/doc/libao-1.1.0/ao_initialize.html
/usr/share/doc/libao-1.1.0/ao_is_big_endian.html
/usr/share/doc/libao-1.1.0/ao_open_file.html
/usr/share/doc/libao-1.1.0/ao_open_live.html
/usr/share/doc/libao-1.1.0/ao_option.html
/usr/share/doc/libao-1.1.0/ao_play.html
/usr/share/doc/libao-1.1.0/ao_plugin_close.html
/usr/share/doc/libao-1.1.0/ao_plugin_device_clear.html
/usr/share/doc/libao-1.1.0/ao_plugin_device_init.html
/usr/share/doc/libao-1.1.0/ao_plugin_driver_info.html
/usr/share/doc/libao-1.1.0/ao_plugin_file_extension.html
/usr/share/doc/libao-1.1.0/ao_plugin_open.html
/usr/share/doc/libao-1.1.0/ao_plugin_play.html
/usr/share/doc/libao-1.1.0/ao_plugin_set_option.html
/usr/share/doc/libao-1.1.0/ao_plugin_test.html
/usr/share/doc/libao-1.1.0/ao_sample_format.html
/usr/share/doc/libao-1.1.0/ao_shutdown.html
/usr/share/doc/libao-1.1.0/config.html
/usr/share/doc/libao-1.1.0/drivers.html
/usr/share/doc/libao-1.1.0/index.html
/usr/share/doc/libao-1.1.0/libao-api.html
/usr/share/doc/libao-1.1.0/overview.html
/usr/share/doc/libao-1.1.0/plugin-api.html
/usr/share/doc/libao-1.1.0/plugin-overview.html
/usr/share/doc/libao-1.1.0/style.css
/usr/share/man/man5/libao.conf.5.gz

References

libao.i686 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libao.i686 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.