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