How To Install alsa-tools-firmware on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-tools-firmware on CentOS 8.
What is alsa-tools-firmware
This package contains tools for flashing firmware into certain sound cards. The following tools are available * hdsploader - for RME Hammerfall DSP cards * mixartloader - for Digigram miXart soundcards * vxloader - for Digigram VX soundcards * usx2yloader - second phase firmware loader for Tascam USX2Y USB soundcards
We can use yum or dnf to install alsa-tools-firmware on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install alsa-tools-firmware.
Install alsa-tools-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-tools-firmware using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install alsa-tools-firmware
Install alsa-tools-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-tools-firmware using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install alsa-tools-firmware
How To Uninstall alsa-tools-firmware on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the alsa-tools-firmware package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove alsa-tools-firmware
alsa-tools-firmware Package Contents on CentOS 8
/lib/udev/rules.d/90-alsa-tools-firmware.rules
/lib/udev/tascam_fpga
/lib/udev/tascam_fw
/usr/bin/hdsploader
/usr/bin/mixartloader
/usr/bin/usx2yloader
/usr/bin/vxloader
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e/a6835696ae9f7ac4ef42349534b286a511af97
/usr/lib/.build-id/47
/usr/lib/.build-id/47/704abfa33aa08d0dafa6830b1f2c6708910542
/usr/lib/.build-id/65
/usr/lib/.build-id/65/7ed69cb91c3b78125dcff959c9a9bbbd72e3e4
/usr/lib/.build-id/c2
/usr/lib/.build-id/c2/416afba3115bc08144864e3b5e0f77f39e540f
/usr/share/doc/alsa-tools
/usr/share/doc/alsa-tools/hdsploader
/usr/share/doc/alsa-tools/hdsploader/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/alsa-tools/hdsploader/README
/usr/share/doc/alsa-tools/mixartloader
/usr/share/doc/alsa-tools/mixartloader/README
/usr/share/doc/alsa-tools/usx2yloader
/usr/share/doc/alsa-tools/usx2yloader/README
/usr/share/doc/alsa-tools/vxloader
/usr/share/doc/alsa-tools/vxloader/README
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-tools-firmware on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.