How To Install alsa-plugins-pulseaudio on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-plugins-pulseaudio on Rocky Linux 8. alsa-plugins-pulseaudio is Alsa to PulseAudio backend

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-plugins-pulseaudio on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `alsa-plugins-pulseaudio`

This plugin allows any program that uses the ALSA API to access a PulseAudio sound daemon. In other words, native ALSA applications can play and record sound across a network. There are two plugins in the suite, one for PCM and one for mixer control.

We can use yum or dnf to install alsa-plugins-pulseaudio on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install alsa-plugins-pulseaudio.

Install alsa-plugins-pulseaudio on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install alsa-plugins-pulseaudio using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install alsa-plugins-pulseaudio

Install alsa-plugins-pulseaudio on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install alsa-plugins-pulseaudio using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install alsa-plugins-pulseaudio

How To Uninstall alsa-plugins-pulseaudio on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove alsa-plugins-pulseaudio

alsa-plugins-pulseaudio Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/alsa/conf.d
/etc/alsa/conf.d/50-pulseaudio.conf
/etc/alsa/conf.d/99-pulseaudio-default.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/28
/usr/lib/.build-id/28/da3d5e76a8e3e6993effe79727b3b5cd85b3af
/usr/lib/.build-id/43
/usr/lib/.build-id/43/b88d451e67a3f8a9a9f7e1ba5ec8d3476c4217
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0/83c4ca66a2ab9b0d34f51f262f04b697dfee9e
/usr/lib64/alsa-lib
/usr/lib64/alsa-lib/libasound_module_conf_pulse.so
/usr/lib64/alsa-lib/libasound_module_ctl_pulse.so
/usr/lib64/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_pulse.so
/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d
/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d/50-pulseaudio.conf
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-pulseaudio
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-pulseaudio/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-pulseaudio/COPYING.GPL
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-pulseaudio/README-pulse
/etc/alsa/conf.d
/etc/alsa/conf.d/50-pulseaudio.conf
/etc/alsa/conf.d/99-pulseaudio-default.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a/8cd0de326194ecca78094819a7fc00e74d3a65
/usr/lib/.build-id/45
/usr/lib/.build-id/45/d642ce44fdbdcb64dea2a08514ccf0e3400a62
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc/6de40d260b6133bc07ba824332df6fccd36c0e
/usr/lib/alsa-lib
/usr/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_conf_pulse.so
/usr/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_ctl_pulse.so
/usr/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_pulse.so
/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d
/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d/50-pulseaudio.conf
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-pulseaudio
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-pulseaudio/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-pulseaudio/COPYING.GPL
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-pulseaudio/README-pulse

References

alsa-plugins-pulseaudio website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-plugins-pulseaudio on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.