How To Install alsa-utils-alsabat on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-utils-alsabat on CentOS 8.
What is alsa-utils-alsabat
This package contains tool for basic audio testing using Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) framework and Fast Fourier Transform library.
We can use yum or dnf to install alsa-utils-alsabat on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install alsa-utils-alsabat.
Install alsa-utils-alsabat 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-utils-alsabat using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install alsa-utils-alsabat
Install alsa-utils-alsabat 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-utils-alsabat using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install alsa-utils-alsabat
How To Uninstall alsa-utils-alsabat on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the alsa-utils-alsabat package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove alsa-utils-alsabat
alsa-utils-alsabat Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/alsabat
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa/f63e63f45f3ca5ee29daf0d00d8d57eea5aa9a
/usr/sbin/alsabat-test.sh
/usr/share/man/man1/alsabat.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-utils-alsabat on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.