How To Install alsa-plugins-usbstream on CentOS 8

alsa-plugins-usbstream is USB stream plugin for ALSA USB stream plugin for ALSA

Introduction

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

What is alsa-plugins-usbstream

The usbstream plugin is for snd-usb-us122l driver. It converts PCM stream to USB specific stream. alsa-plugins-usbstream 1.1.9 1.el8 x86_64 35 k alsa-plugins-1.1.9-1.el8.src.rpm appstream USB stream plugin for ALSA http LGPLv2+ The usbstream plugin is for snd-usb-us122l driver. It converts PCM stream to USB specific stream.

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

Install alsa-plugins-usbstream 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-usbstream using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install alsa-plugins-usbstream

Install alsa-plugins-usbstream 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-usbstream using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install alsa-plugins-usbstream

How To Uninstall alsa-plugins-usbstream on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove alsa-plugins-usbstream

alsa-plugins-usbstream Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/alsa/conf.d
/etc/alsa/conf.d/98-usb-stream.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/71
/usr/lib/.build-id/71/b1f7dff7f7afc9f4069d440b2f20a58769af24
/usr/lib/alsa-lib
/usr/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_usb_stream.so
/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d
/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d/98-usb-stream.conf
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-usbstream
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-usbstream/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-usbstream/COPYING.GPL
/etc/alsa/conf.d
/etc/alsa/conf.d/98-usb-stream.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/88
/usr/lib/.build-id/88/968ffc65a835a4fc5a06bde81027ac70a4d246
/usr/lib64/alsa-lib
/usr/lib64/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_usb_stream.so
/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d
/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d/98-usb-stream.conf
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-usbstream
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-usbstream/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-usbstream/COPYING.GPL

References

Summary

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