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

In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-plugins-vdownmix on Rocky Linux 8. alsa-plugins-vdownmix is Downmixer to stereo plugin for ALSA

Introduction

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

What is `alsa-plugins-vdownmix`

The vdownmix plugin is a downmixer from 4-6 channels to 2-channel stereo headphone output. This plugin processes the input signals with a simple spacialization, so the output sounds like a kind of “virtual surround”.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install alsa-plugins-vdownmix

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

sudo yum -y install alsa-plugins-vdownmix

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

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

sudo dnf remove alsa-plugins-vdownmix

alsa-plugins-vdownmix Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/alsa/conf.d
/etc/alsa/conf.d/60-vdownmix.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/93
/usr/lib/.build-id/93/c36ee0ceb9c960f706b38543190d623eaa5ad4
/usr/lib/alsa-lib
/usr/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_vdownmix.so
/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d
/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d/60-vdownmix.conf
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-vdownmix
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-vdownmix/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-vdownmix/COPYING.GPL
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-vdownmix/vdownmix.txt
/etc/alsa/conf.d
/etc/alsa/conf.d/60-vdownmix.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1/cd5e84d6f28faedcdfcaee88a5cc27a086c7d9
/usr/lib64/alsa-lib
/usr/lib64/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_vdownmix.so
/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d
/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d/60-vdownmix.conf
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-vdownmix
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-vdownmix/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-vdownmix/COPYING.GPL
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-vdownmix/vdownmix.txt

References

alsa-plugins-vdownmix website

Summary

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