How To Install alsa-plugins-vdownmix on CentOS 8

alsa-plugins-vdownmix is Downmixer to stereo plugin for ALSA Downmixer to stereo plugin for ALSA

Introduction

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

What is `alsa-plugins-vdownmix`

The vdownmix plugin is a downmixer from 4-6 channels to 2-channel stereo headphone output. This plugin processes the input signals with a simple spacialization, so the output sounds like a kind of “virtual surround”. alsa-plugins-vdownmix 1.1.9 1.el8 x86_64 34 k alsa-plugins-1.1.9-1.el8.src.rpm appstream Downmixer to stereo plugin for ALSA http LGPLv2+ The vdownmix plugin is a downmixer from 4-6 channels to 2-channel stereo headphone output. This plugin processes the input signals with a simple spacialization, so the output sounds like a kind of “virtual surround”.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install alsa-plugins-vdownmix

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

sudo yum -y install alsa-plugins-vdownmix

How To Uninstall alsa-plugins-vdownmix on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove alsa-plugins-vdownmix

alsa-plugins-vdownmix Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/alsa/conf.d
/etc/alsa/conf.d/60-vdownmix.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/67
/usr/lib/.build-id/67/a045f1f665739cc46ffcdcad5cd6e69d46e022
/usr/lib64/alsa-lib
/usr/lib64/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_vdownmix.so
/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d
/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d/60-vdownmix.conf
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-vdownmix
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-vdownmix/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-vdownmix/COPYING.GPL
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-vdownmix/vdownmix.txt
/etc/alsa/conf.d
/etc/alsa/conf.d/60-vdownmix.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff/eb7599865cb8250d45c6e550bf711732d0386c
/usr/lib/alsa-lib
/usr/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_vdownmix.so
/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d
/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d/60-vdownmix.conf
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-vdownmix
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-vdownmix/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-vdownmix/COPYING.GPL
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-vdownmix/vdownmix.txt

References

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

Summary

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