How To Install alsa-utils on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-utils on CentOS 7.
What is alsa-utils
This package contains command line utilities for the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA).
We can use yum or dnf to install alsa-utils on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install alsa-utils.
Install alsa-utils 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-utils using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install alsa-utils
Install alsa-utils 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-utils using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install alsa-utils
How To Uninstall alsa-utils on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the alsa-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove alsa-utils
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-utils on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.