How To Install alsa-lib on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-lib in Fedora 36. alsa-lib is The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-lib on Fedora 36.

What is alsa-lib

The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) provides audio and MIDI functionality to the Linux operating system. This package includes the ALSA runtime libraries to simplify application programming and provide higher level functionality as well as support for the older OSS API, providing binary compatibility for most OSS programs.

We can use yum or dnf to install alsa-lib on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install alsa-lib.

Install alsa-lib on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install alsa-lib using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install alsa-lib

Install alsa-lib on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install alsa-lib using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install alsa-lib

How To Uninstall alsa-lib on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the alsa-lib package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove alsa-lib

alsa-lib Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/asound.conf
/usr/bin/aserver
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/16
/usr/lib/.build-id/16/2320ede171164747e004375f11688b1bf4f8de
/usr/lib/.build-id/45
/usr/lib/.build-id/45/ce9c4fa51109d90ca10ac7a22d12eee8387e62
/usr/lib/.build-id/66
/usr/lib/.build-id/66/9dda80bc69f8a3e4a4a29badccdac3b654fbfd
/usr/lib/modprobe.d/dist-alsa.conf
/usr/lib64/libasound.so.2
/usr/lib64/libasound.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib64/libatopology.so.2
/usr/lib64/libatopology.so.2.0.0
/usr/share/alsa
/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards
/usr/share/alsa/cards/AACI.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/ATIIXP-MODEM.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/ATIIXP-SPDMA.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/ATIIXP.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/AU8810.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/AU8820.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/AU8830.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/Audigy.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/Audigy2.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/Aureon51.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/Aureon71.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/CA0106.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/CMI8338-SWIEC.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/CMI8338.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/CMI8738-MC6.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/CMI8738-MC8.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/CMI8788.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/CS46xx.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/EMU10K1.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/EMU10K1X.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/ENS1370.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/ENS1371.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/ES1968.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/Echo_Echo3G.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/FM801.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/FWSpeakers.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/FireWave.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/GUS.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/HDA-Intel.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/HdmiLpeAudio.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/ICE1712.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/ICE1724.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/ICH-MODEM.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/ICH.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/ICH4.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/Loopback.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/Maestro3.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/NFORCE.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/PC-Speaker.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/PMac.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/PMacToonie.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/PS3.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/RME9636.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/RME9652.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/SB-XFi.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/SI7018.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/TRID4DWAVENX.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/USB-Audio.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/VIA686A.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/VIA8233.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/VIA8233A.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/VIA8237.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/VX222.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/VXPocket.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/VXPocket440.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/YMF744.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/aliases.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/pistachio-card.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/vc4-hdmi.conf
/usr/share/alsa/ctl
/usr/share/alsa/ctl/default.conf
/usr/share/alsa/pcm
/usr/share/alsa/pcm/center_lfe.conf
/usr/share/alsa/pcm/default.conf
/usr/share/alsa/pcm/dmix.conf
/usr/share/alsa/pcm/dpl.conf
/usr/share/alsa/pcm/dsnoop.conf
/usr/share/alsa/pcm/front.conf
/usr/share/alsa/pcm/hdmi.conf
/usr/share/alsa/pcm/iec958.conf
/usr/share/alsa/pcm/modem.conf
/usr/share/alsa/pcm/rear.conf
/usr/share/alsa/pcm/side.conf
/usr/share/alsa/pcm/surround21.conf
/usr/share/alsa/pcm/surround40.conf
/usr/share/alsa/pcm/surround41.conf
/usr/share/alsa/pcm/surround50.conf
/usr/share/alsa/pcm/surround51.conf
/usr/share/alsa/pcm/surround71.conf
/usr/share/doc/alsa-lib
/usr/share/doc/alsa-lib/asoundrc.txt
/usr/share/doc/alsa-lib/modprobe-dist-oss.conf
/usr/share/licenses/alsa-lib
/usr/share/licenses/alsa-lib/COPYING

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-lib on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).


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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-lib on Fedora 36.

What is alsa-lib

The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) provides audio and MIDI functionality to the Linux operating system. This package includes the ALSA runtime libraries to simplify application programming and provide higher level functionality as well as support for the older OSS API, providing binary compatibility for most OSS programs.

We can use yum or dnf to install alsa-lib on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install alsa-lib.

Install alsa-lib on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install alsa-lib using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install alsa-lib

Install alsa-lib on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install alsa-lib using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install alsa-lib

How To Uninstall alsa-lib on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the alsa-lib package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove alsa-lib

alsa-lib Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/asound.conf
/usr/bin/aserver
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2/09d5691a1512aa791e3f285879d61c742d0d4f
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0/fd3bcafdea16c9fcd36e8ba1ece8a741ab4474
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3/f69d93f63472df68c5ecef9c2a94e5df5d5d60
/usr/lib/libasound.so.2
/usr/lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib/libatopology.so.2
/usr/lib/libatopology.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib/modprobe.d/dist-alsa.conf
/usr/share/alsa
/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards
/usr/share/alsa/cards/AACI.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/ATIIXP-MODEM.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/ATIIXP-SPDMA.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/ATIIXP.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/AU8810.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/AU8820.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/AU8830.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/Audigy.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/Audigy2.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/Aureon51.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/Aureon71.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/CA0106.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/CMI8338-SWIEC.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/CMI8338.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/CMI8738-MC6.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/CMI8738-MC8.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/CMI8788.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/CS46xx.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/EMU10K1.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/EMU10K1X.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/ENS1370.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/ENS1371.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/ES1968.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/Echo_Echo3G.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/FM801.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/FWSpeakers.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/FireWave.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/GUS.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/HDA-Intel.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/HdmiLpeAudio.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/ICE1712.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/ICE1724.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/ICH-MODEM.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/ICH.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/ICH4.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/Loopback.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/Maestro3.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/NFORCE.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/PC-Speaker.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/PMac.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/PMacToonie.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/PS3.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/RME9636.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/RME9652.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/SB-XFi.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/SI7018.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/TRID4DWAVENX.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/USB-Audio.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/VIA686A.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/VIA8233.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/VIA8233A.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/VIA8237.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/VX222.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/VXPocket.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/VXPocket440.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/YMF744.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/aliases.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/pistachio-card.conf
/usr/share/alsa/cards/vc4-hdmi.conf
/usr/share/alsa/ctl
/usr/share/alsa/ctl/default.conf
/usr/share/alsa/pcm
/usr/share/alsa/pcm/center_lfe.conf
/usr/share/alsa/pcm/default.conf
/usr/share/alsa/pcm/dmix.conf
/usr/share/alsa/pcm/dpl.conf
/usr/share/alsa/pcm/dsnoop.conf
/usr/share/alsa/pcm/front.conf
/usr/share/alsa/pcm/hdmi.conf
/usr/share/alsa/pcm/iec958.conf
/usr/share/alsa/pcm/modem.conf
/usr/share/alsa/pcm/rear.conf
/usr/share/alsa/pcm/side.conf
/usr/share/alsa/pcm/surround21.conf
/usr/share/alsa/pcm/surround40.conf
/usr/share/alsa/pcm/surround41.conf
/usr/share/alsa/pcm/surround50.conf
/usr/share/alsa/pcm/surround51.conf
/usr/share/alsa/pcm/surround71.conf
/usr/share/doc/alsa-lib
/usr/share/doc/alsa-lib/asoundrc.txt
/usr/share/doc/alsa-lib/modprobe-dist-oss.conf
/usr/share/licenses/alsa-lib
/usr/share/licenses/alsa-lib/COPYING

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-lib on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).