How To Install xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin on CentOS 8

xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin is Pulseaudio plugin for Xfce4

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin on CentOS 8.

What is `xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin`

Pulseaudio panel plugin for Xfce Desktop Environment

We can use yum or dnf to install xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.

Install xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin 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 xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin

Install xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin 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 xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin

How To Uninstall xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin

xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1/48d8b228ed9197e0447e06d5f6519ce2ac6f14
/usr/lib64/xfce4/panel/plugins/libpulseaudio-plugin.so
/usr/share/doc/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin
/usr/share/doc/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin/ChangeLog
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/audio-volume-high-symbolic.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/audio-volume-low-symbolic.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/audio-volume-medium-symbolic.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/audio-volume-muted-symbolic.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/microphone-sensitivity-high-symbolic.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/microphone-sensitivity-low-symbolic.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/microphone-sensitivity-medium-symbolic.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/microphone-sensitivity-muted-symbolic.svg
/usr/share/licenses/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin
/usr/share/licenses/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_AU/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/hy_AM/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/ie/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.mo
/usr/share/xfce4/panel/plugins/pulseaudio.desktop

References

xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.