How To Install alsa-lib-devel on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-lib-devel on CentOS 7.
What is alsa-lib-devel
The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) provides audio and MIDI functionality to the Linux operating system. This package includes the ALSA development libraries for developing against the ALSA libraries and interfaces. The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) provides audio and MIDI functionality to the Linux operating system. This package includes the ALSA development libraries for developing against the ALSA libraries and interfaces.
We can use yum or dnf to install alsa-lib-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install alsa-lib-devel.
Install alsa-lib-devel 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-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install alsa-lib-devel
Install alsa-lib-devel 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-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install alsa-lib-devel
How To Uninstall alsa-lib-devel on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the alsa-lib-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove alsa-lib-devel
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-lib-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
