How To Install openal-soft on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install openal-soft in Fedora 36. openal-soft is Open Audio Library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install openal-soft on Fedora 36.

What is openal-soft

OpenAL Soft is a cross-platform software implementation of the OpenAL 3D audio API. It’s built off of the open-sourced Windows version available originally from the SVN repository at openal.org. OpenAL provides capabilities for playing audio in a virtual 3d environment. Distance attenuation, doppler shift, and directional sound emitters are among the features handled by the API. More advanced effects, including air absorption, low-pass filters, and reverb, are available through the EFX extension. It also facilitates streaming audio, multi-channel buffers, and audio capture.

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

Install openal-soft 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 openal-soft using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install openal-soft

Install openal-soft 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 openal-soft using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install openal-soft

How To Uninstall openal-soft on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the openal-soft package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove openal-soft

openal-soft Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/openal
/etc/openal/alsoft.conf
/usr/bin/openal-info
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d/b3070b817f4b39bc1847c241b584ae6b57c9e8
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2/11b07fdf6a47c5d78e0971770c110b751d2c00
/usr/lib64/libopenal.so.1
/usr/lib64/libopenal.so.1.21.1
/usr/share/doc/openal-soft
/usr/share/doc/openal-soft/COPYING
/usr/share/openal
/usr/share/openal/hrtf
/usr/share/openal/hrtf/Default HRTF.mhr
/usr/share/openal/presets
/usr/share/openal/presets/3D7.1.ambdec
/usr/share/openal/presets/hexagon.ambdec
/usr/share/openal/presets/itu5.1-nocenter.ambdec
/usr/share/openal/presets/itu5.1.ambdec
/usr/share/openal/presets/rectangle.ambdec
/usr/share/openal/presets/square.ambdec

References

Summary

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

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install openal-soft on Fedora 36.

What is openal-soft

OpenAL Soft is a cross-platform software implementation of the OpenAL 3D audio API. It’s built off of the open-sourced Windows version available originally from the SVN repository at openal.org. OpenAL provides capabilities for playing audio in a virtual 3d environment. Distance attenuation, doppler shift, and directional sound emitters are among the features handled by the API. More advanced effects, including air absorption, low-pass filters, and reverb, are available through the EFX extension. It also facilitates streaming audio, multi-channel buffers, and audio capture.

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

Install openal-soft 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 openal-soft using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install openal-soft

Install openal-soft 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 openal-soft using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install openal-soft

How To Uninstall openal-soft on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the openal-soft package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove openal-soft

openal-soft Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/openal
/etc/openal/alsoft.conf
/usr/bin/openal-info
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c/f5d4bfcb182f72d9802e638dfaa915452358ba
/usr/lib/.build-id/4f
/usr/lib/.build-id/4f/b5316c9c359f4404f2b9f0c7ad523a079e6930
/usr/lib/libopenal.so.1
/usr/lib/libopenal.so.1.21.1
/usr/share/doc/openal-soft
/usr/share/doc/openal-soft/COPYING
/usr/share/openal
/usr/share/openal/hrtf
/usr/share/openal/hrtf/Default HRTF.mhr
/usr/share/openal/presets
/usr/share/openal/presets/3D7.1.ambdec
/usr/share/openal/presets/hexagon.ambdec
/usr/share/openal/presets/itu5.1-nocenter.ambdec
/usr/share/openal/presets/itu5.1.ambdec
/usr/share/openal/presets/rectangle.ambdec
/usr/share/openal/presets/square.ambdec

References

Summary

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