How To Install alsa-plugins-maemo on CentOS 8

alsa-plugins-maemo is Maemo plugin for ALSA Maemo plugin for ALSA

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-plugins-maemo on CentOS 8.

What is `alsa-plugins-maemo`

This plugin converts the ALSA API over PCM task nodes protocol. In this way, ALSA native applications can run over DSP Gateway and use DSP PCM task nodes. alsa-plugins-maemo 1.1.9 1.el8 x86_64 47 k alsa-plugins-1.1.9-1.el8.src.rpm appstream Maemo plugin for ALSA http LGPLv2+ This plugin converts the ALSA API over PCM task nodes protocol. In this way, ALSA native applications can run over DSP Gateway and use DSP PCM task nodes.

We can use yum or dnf to install alsa-plugins-maemo on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install alsa-plugins-maemo.

Install alsa-plugins-maemo on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install alsa-plugins-maemo using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install alsa-plugins-maemo

Install alsa-plugins-maemo on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install alsa-plugins-maemo using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install alsa-plugins-maemo

How To Uninstall alsa-plugins-maemo on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the alsa-plugins-maemo package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove alsa-plugins-maemo

alsa-plugins-maemo Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/alsa/conf.d
/etc/alsa/conf.d/98-maemo.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/17
/usr/lib/.build-id/17/f837b912ddd178b467127b0e9c32fb8dd9e1ef
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab/d9fe1c406b70c65865f322742a72e9be9948bf
/usr/lib64/alsa-lib
/usr/lib64/alsa-lib/libasound_module_ctl_dsp_ctl.so
/usr/lib64/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_alsa_dsp.so
/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d
/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d/98-maemo.conf
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-maemo
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-maemo/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-maemo/COPYING.GPL
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-maemo/README-maemo
/etc/alsa/conf.d
/etc/alsa/conf.d/98-maemo.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b/a2c8f6cd0a78a21403439a366a350a78c6ae64
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa/fa990d556e427649da4952d0afd2a90a7b7cf3
/usr/lib/alsa-lib
/usr/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_ctl_dsp_ctl.so
/usr/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_alsa_dsp.so
/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d
/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d/98-maemo.conf
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-maemo
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-maemo/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-maemo/COPYING.GPL
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-maemo/README-maemo

References

[alsa-plugins-maemo website](http://www.alsa-project.org/ http://www.alsa-project.org/)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-plugins-maemo on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.