How To Install alsa-lib on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-lib on CentOS 7.
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. 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 CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install alsa-lib.
Install alsa-lib 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-lib using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install alsa-lib
Install alsa-lib 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-lib using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install alsa-lib
How To Uninstall alsa-lib on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the alsa-lib package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove alsa-lib
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-lib on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
