How To Install alsa-firmware on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-firmware on CentOS 7.
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 CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install alsa-firmware.
Install alsa-firmware on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install alsa-firmware using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install alsa-firmware
Install alsa-firmware on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install alsa-firmware using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install alsa-firmware
How To Uninstall alsa-firmware on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the alsa-firmware package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove alsa-firmware
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-firmware on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
