How To Install libao.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libao.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. libao.x86_64 is Cross Platform Audio Output Library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libao.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `libao.x86_64`

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

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

Install libao.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 libao.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libao.x86_64

How To Uninstall libao.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the libao.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove libao.x86_64

libao.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/ao
/usr/lib64/ao/plugins-4
/usr/lib64/ao/plugins-4/libalsa.so
/usr/lib64/ao/plugins-4/liboss.so
/usr/lib64/ao/plugins-4/libpulse.so
/usr/lib64/libao.so.4
/usr/lib64/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.x86_64 website

Summary

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