How To Install alsa-firmware on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-firmware
on AlmaLinux 8.
What is alsa-firmware
This package contains the firmware binaries for a number of sound cards. Some (but not all of these) require firmware loaders which are included in the alsa-tools-firmware package.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install alsa-firmware
on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install alsa-firmware.
Install alsa-firmware on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install alsa-firmware
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install alsa-firmware
Install alsa-firmware on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install alsa-firmware
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install alsa-firmware
How To Uninstall alsa-firmware on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the alsa-firmware
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove alsa-firmware
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-firmware
on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.