How To Install pcaudiolib on CentOS 8

pcaudiolib is Portable C Audio Library Portable C Audio Library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcaudiolib on CentOS 8.

What is `pcaudiolib`

The Portable C Audio Library (pcaudiolib) provides a C API to different audio devices. pcaudiolib 1.1 2.el8 x86_64 30 k pcaudiolib-1.1-2.el8.src.rpm appstream Portable C Audio Library https GPLv3+ The Portable C Audio Library (pcaudiolib) provides a C API to different audio devices.

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

Install pcaudiolib 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 pcaudiolib using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pcaudiolib

Install pcaudiolib 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 pcaudiolib using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pcaudiolib

How To Uninstall pcaudiolib on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the pcaudiolib package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pcaudiolib

pcaudiolib Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/14
/usr/lib/.build-id/14/aa0ebeb4180ff6bb31bfac1b1c175950805f71
/usr/lib64/libpcaudio.so.0
/usr/lib64/libpcaudio.so.0.0.1
/usr/share/doc/pcaudiolib
/usr/share/doc/pcaudiolib/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/pcaudiolib/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/pcaudiolib/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/pcaudiolib
/usr/share/licenses/pcaudiolib/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1/1db3f4ae9190f937381015bb4fd7f3348c8e5b
/usr/lib/libpcaudio.so.0
/usr/lib/libpcaudio.so.0.0.1
/usr/share/doc/pcaudiolib
/usr/share/doc/pcaudiolib/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/pcaudiolib/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/pcaudiolib/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/pcaudiolib
/usr/share/licenses/pcaudiolib/COPYING

References

[pcaudiolib website](https://github.com/rhdunn/pcaudiolib https://github.com/rhdunn/pcaudiolib)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcaudiolib on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.