How To Install alsa-plugins-oss on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-plugins-oss on CentOS 7. alsa-plugins-oss is Oss PCM output plugin for ALSA

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-plugins-oss on CentOS 7.

What is `alsa-plugins-oss`

This plugin converts the ALSA API over OSS API. With this plugin, ALSA native apps can run on OSS drivers. This plugin provides the PCM type “oss”. This plugin converts the ALSA API over OSS API. With this plugin, ALSA native apps can run on OSS drivers. This plugin provides the PCM type “oss”.

We can use yum or dnf to install alsa-plugins-oss on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install alsa-plugins-oss.

Install alsa-plugins-oss 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-plugins-oss using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install alsa-plugins-oss

Install alsa-plugins-oss 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-plugins-oss using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install alsa-plugins-oss

How To Uninstall alsa-plugins-oss on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the alsa-plugins-oss package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove alsa-plugins-oss

References

alsa-plugins-oss website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-plugins-oss on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.