How To Install mpg123-plugins-pulseaudio.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install mpg123-plugins-pulseaudio.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. mpg123-plugins-pulseaudio.x86_64 is Pulseaudio output plug-in for mpg123

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mpg123-plugins-pulseaudio.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is mpg123-plugins-pulseaudio.x86_64

Real time MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 audio player/decoder for layers 1, 2 and 3 (most commonly MPEG 1.0 layer 3 aka MP3), as well as re-usable decoding and output libraries. Pulseaudio output plug-in.

We can use yum to install mpg123-plugins-pulseaudio.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mpg123-plugins-pulseaudio.x86_64.

Install mpg123-plugins-pulseaudio.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 mpg123-plugins-pulseaudio.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mpg123-plugins-pulseaudio.x86_64

How To Uninstall mpg123-plugins-pulseaudio.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the mpg123-plugins-pulseaudio.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove mpg123-plugins-pulseaudio.x86_64

mpg123-plugins-pulseaudio.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/mpg123/output_pulse.so

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mpg123-plugins-pulseaudio.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.