How To Install alsa-tools-firmware on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-tools-firmware in Fedora 36. alsa-tools-firmware is ALSA tools for uploading firmware to some soundcards

Introduction

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

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 Fedora 36. 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 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-tools-firmware using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install alsa-tools-firmware

Install alsa-tools-firmware 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-tools-firmware using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install alsa-tools-firmware

How To Uninstall alsa-tools-firmware on Fedora 36

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 Fedora 36

/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/2c/f389ecee094e9d36f425c966d2a1b2e8909ee4
/usr/lib/.build-id/74
/usr/lib/.build-id/74/0f17026e5f7274b8147b15a9e9a8632d1f693c
/usr/lib/.build-id/86
/usr/lib/.build-id/86/12e08af8da5c9dc466871f59fef718dfc8e853
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4/0af4c114ed0252e0ad4406266b41655fa54d7f
/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

alsa-tools-firmware website

Summary

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