How To Install alsa-sof-firmware on CentOS 8
alsa-sof-firmware is Firmware and topology files for Sound Open Firmware project
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-sof-firmware on CentOS 8.
What is alsa-sof-firmware
This package contains the firmware binaries for the Sound Open Firmware project.
We can use yum or dnf to install alsa-sof-firmware on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install alsa-sof-firmware.
Install alsa-sof-firmware 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-sof-firmware using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install alsa-sof-firmware
Install alsa-sof-firmware 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-sof-firmware using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install alsa-sof-firmware
How To Uninstall alsa-sof-firmware on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the alsa-sof-firmware package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove alsa-sof-firmware
alsa-sof-firmware Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/firmware
/usr/lib/firmware/intel
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-apl-asrc-pcm512x.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-apl-asrc-wm8804.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-apl-da7219.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-apl-demux-pcm512x.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-apl-dmic-2ch.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-apl-dmic-4ch.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-apl-dmic-a2ch-b2ch.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-apl-dmic-a2ch-b4ch.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-apl-dmic-a4ch-b2ch.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-apl-dmic-a96k-b16k.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-apl-eq-dmic.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-apl-eq-pcm512x.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-apl-keyword-detect.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-apl-nocodec.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-apl-pcm512x-master-44100.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-apl-pcm512x-master.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-apl-pcm512x-nohdmi.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-apl-pcm512x-tdfb_28mm-4ch.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-apl-pcm512x.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-apl-rt298.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-apl-src-50khz-pcm512x.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-apl-src-dmic.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-apl-src-pcm512x.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-apl-tdf8532.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-apl-wm8804.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-bdw-nocodec.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-bdw-rt286.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-bdw-rt5640.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-bdw-rt5677.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-byt-cx2072x-ssp0.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-byt-cx2072x.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-byt-da7213-ssp0.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-byt-da7213.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-byt-es8316-ssp0.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-byt-es8316.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-byt-nocodec.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-byt-rt5640-ssp0.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-byt-rt5640.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-byt-rt5645-ssp0.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-byt-rt5645.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-byt-rt5651-ssp0.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-byt-rt5651.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-byt-rt5670-ssp0.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-byt-rt5670.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-byt-rt5682-ssp0.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-byt-rt5682.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-cht-cx2072x.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-cht-da7213.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-cht-es8316.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-cht-max98090.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-cht-nocodec.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-cht-rt5640.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-cht-rt5645.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-cht-rt5651.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-cht-rt5670.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-cht-rt5682.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-cml-da7219-max98357a.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-cml-demux-rt5682-max98357a.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-cml-demux-rt5682.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-cml-eq-fir-loud-rt5682.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-cml-eq-fir-rt5682.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-cml-eq-iir-rt5682.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-cml-eq-rt1011-rt5682.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-cml-rt1011-rt5682.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-cml-rt5682-kwd.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-cml-rt5682-max98357a.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-cml-rt5682.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-cml-rt700.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-cml-rt711-rt1308-mono-rt715.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-cml-rt711-rt1308-rt715.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-cml-src-rt5682.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-cnl-nocodec.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-cnl-rt274.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-cnl-rt5682-sdw2.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-ehl-nocodec.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-ehl-rt5660-nohdmi.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-ehl-rt5660.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-glk-da7219-kwd.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-glk-da7219.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-glk-eq-da7219.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-glk-rt5682.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-hda-asrc-2ch.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-hda-generic-1ch.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-hda-generic-2ch-kwd.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-hda-generic-2ch.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-hda-generic-3ch.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-hda-generic-4ch-kwd.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-hda-generic-4ch.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-hda-generic-eq-2ch.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-hda-generic-eq-4ch.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-hda-generic-idisp-2ch.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-hda-generic-idisp-4ch.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-hda-generic-idisp.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-hda-generic-tdfb_50mm-2ch.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-hda-generic.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-icl-dmic-4ch.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-icl-nocodec.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-icl-rt5682-kwd.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-icl-rt5682.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-icl-rt700.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-icl-rt711-rt1308-rt715.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-jsl-da7219-mx98360a.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-jsl-da7219.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-jsl-nocodec.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-jsl-rt5682-mx98360a.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-jsl-rt5682-rt1015.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-smart-amplifier-nocodec.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-tgl-max98357a-rt5682.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-tgl-max98373-rt5682.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-tgl-nocodec-ci.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-tgl-nocodec.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-tgl-rt5682-ssp0-max98373-ssp2.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-tgl-rt5682.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-tgl-rt711-i2s-rt1308-2ch.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-tgl-rt711-i2s-rt1308-4ch.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-tgl-rt711-rt1308-2ch.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-tgl-rt711-rt1308-4ch.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-tgl-rt711-rt1308-mono-rt715.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-tgl-rt711-rt1308-rt715.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-tgl-rt711-rt1316-rt714.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-tgl-rt715-rt711-rt1308-mono.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-tgl-sdw-max98373-rt5682-2ch.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-tgl-sdw-max98373-rt5682-4ch.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-whl-demux-rt5682.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-whl-rt5682-kwd.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof-tplg/sof-whl-rt5682.tplg
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof/intel-signed
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof/intel-signed/sof-apl.ri
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof/intel-signed/sof-cnl.ri
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof/intel-signed/sof-ehl.ri
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof/intel-signed/sof-icl.ri
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof/intel-signed/sof-tgl-h.ri
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof/intel-signed/sof-tgl.ri
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof/public-signed
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof/public-signed/sof-apl.ri
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof/public-signed/sof-cnl.ri
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof/public-signed/sof-icl.ri
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof/public-signed/sof-jsl.ri
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof/public-signed/sof-tgl-h.ri
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof/public-signed/sof-tgl.ri
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof/sof-apl.ri
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof/sof-bdw.ri
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof/sof-byt.ri
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof/sof-cfl.ri
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof/sof-cht.ri
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof/sof-cml.ri
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof/sof-cnl.ri
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof/sof-ehl.ri
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof/sof-glk.ri
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof/sof-icl.ri
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof/sof-tgl-h.ri
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof/sof-tgl.ri
/usr/share/doc/alsa-sof-firmware
/usr/share/doc/alsa-sof-firmware/README.Intel
/usr/share/doc/alsa-sof-firmware/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/alsa-sof-firmware
/usr/share/licenses/alsa-sof-firmware/LICENCE.Intel
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-sof-firmware on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.