How To Install alsa-plugins-oss on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-plugins-oss on CentOS 8.
What is alsa-plugins-oss
This plugin converts the ALSA API over OSS API. With this plugin, ALSA native apps can run on OSS drivers. This plugin provides the PCM type “oss”. alsa-plugins-oss 1.1.9 1.el8 x86_64 40 k alsa-plugins-1.1.9-1.el8.src.rpm appstream Oss PCM output plugin for ALSA http LGPLv2+ This plugin converts the ALSA API over OSS API. With this plugin, ALSA native apps can run on OSS drivers. This plugin provides the PCM type “oss”.
We can use yum or dnf to install alsa-plugins-oss on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install alsa-plugins-oss.
Install alsa-plugins-oss 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-oss using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install alsa-plugins-oss
Install alsa-plugins-oss 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-oss using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install alsa-plugins-oss
How To Uninstall alsa-plugins-oss on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the alsa-plugins-oss package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove alsa-plugins-oss
alsa-plugins-oss Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/alsa/conf.d
/etc/alsa/conf.d/50-oss.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/28
/usr/lib/.build-id/28/15ccf92a9ff720ba1d71e7c6f5270967c86db5
/usr/lib/.build-id/50
/usr/lib/.build-id/50/061cbcbf011ae8c3b0f36bf4d327db2c04d8aa
/usr/lib64/alsa-lib
/usr/lib64/alsa-lib/libasound_module_ctl_oss.so
/usr/lib64/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_oss.so
/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d
/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d/50-oss.conf
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-oss
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-oss/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-oss/COPYING.GPL
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-oss/README-pcm-oss
/etc/alsa/conf.d
/etc/alsa/conf.d/50-oss.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4b
/usr/lib/.build-id/4b/86a11cd119bd599c4b053e0a2f1a3ae320d207
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5/079dbe2707de43bd7ddedd452938f7a8885f84
/usr/lib/alsa-lib
/usr/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_ctl_oss.so
/usr/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_oss.so
/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d
/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d/50-oss.conf
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-oss
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-oss/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-oss/COPYING.GPL
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-oss/README-pcm-oss
References
- [alsa-plugins-oss website](http://www.alsa-project.org/ http://www.alsa-project.org/)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-plugins-oss on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.