How To Install alsa-utils on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-utils on Rocky Linux 8. alsa-utils is Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) utilities

Introduction

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

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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install alsa-utils.

Install alsa-utils 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-utils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install alsa-utils

Install alsa-utils 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-utils using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install alsa-utils

How To Uninstall alsa-utils on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove alsa-utils

alsa-utils Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/alsa
/etc/alsa/alsactl.conf
/usr/bin/aconnect
/usr/bin/alsaloop
/usr/bin/alsamixer
/usr/bin/alsaunmute
/usr/bin/amidi
/usr/bin/amixer
/usr/bin/aplay
/usr/bin/aplaymidi
/usr/bin/arecord
/usr/bin/arecordmidi
/usr/bin/aseqdump
/usr/bin/aseqnet
/usr/bin/axfer
/usr/bin/iecset
/usr/bin/speaker-test
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/02
/usr/lib/.build-id/02/291931581814f15208b66ea07f7ba9d84bc63a
/usr/lib/.build-id/23
/usr/lib/.build-id/23/7afaeda02bd99d5be551b3606e2abe8b8418bc
/usr/lib/.build-id/32
/usr/lib/.build-id/32/2ab770f5594414f65ae65321437c4392388e14
/usr/lib/.build-id/4f
/usr/lib/.build-id/4f/a1f6288ff64c5a509e08e07428ec6630dcd835
/usr/lib/.build-id/76
/usr/lib/.build-id/76/ea7a0064e789a656a76e6f18984e528cdebc53
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f/465d869ed5fb9eea7373e225f5ae18f46495ba
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f/a577e92606d5ec74e546e5ed2d4f3d73e9c539
/usr/lib/.build-id/88
/usr/lib/.build-id/88/e486c630b5bb2bd4d2e0f3cd127d71106ffa1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/93
/usr/lib/.build-id/93/4572130cde2175f5506a8175911fbc2f37ac50
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8/84a5c6ad008676eb9ac5305480dfa9e7d0734d
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf/d2ce8c3b5953b678a15aab8f30a9b095d93aa7
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec/eb1ae3aa11a05efcee10c7174aed82cc8e45f2
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8/a2ed8a8d169dc2f0c9bc03f630ef55b012aaef
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9/30850fd87112530470b47cf149d2a7de763db8
/usr/lib/alsa
/usr/lib/alsa/init
/usr/lib/alsa/init/00main
/usr/lib/alsa/init/ca0106
/usr/lib/alsa/init/default
/usr/lib/alsa/init/hda
/usr/lib/alsa/init/help
/usr/lib/alsa/init/info
/usr/lib/alsa/init/test
/usr/lib/systemd/system/alsa-restore.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/alsa-state.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/sound.target.wants
/usr/lib/systemd/system/sound.target.wants/alsa-restore.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/sound.target.wants/alsa-state.service
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/90-alsa-restore.rules
/usr/sbin/alsa-info.sh
/usr/sbin/alsabat-test.sh
/usr/sbin/alsactl
/usr/share/alsa
/usr/share/alsa/init
/usr/share/alsa/speaker-test
/usr/share/alsa/speaker-test/sample_map.csv
/usr/share/doc/alsa-utils
/usr/share/doc/alsa-utils/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/alsa-utils/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/alsa-utils/README.md
/usr/share/doc/alsa-utils/TODO
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/alsa-utils.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/alsa-utils.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/alsa-utils.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/aconnect.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/alsa-info.sh.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/alsactl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/alsaloop.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/alsamixer.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/alsaunmute.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/amidi.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/amixer.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/aplay.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/aplaymidi.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/arecord.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/arecordmidi.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/aseqdump.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/aseqnet.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/axfer-list.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/axfer-transfer.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/axfer.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/iecset.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/speaker-test.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/alsactl_init.7.gz
/usr/share/sounds/alsa
/usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav
/usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Left.wav
/usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Right.wav
/usr/share/sounds/alsa/Noise.wav
/usr/share/sounds/alsa/Rear_Center.wav
/usr/share/sounds/alsa/Rear_Left.wav
/usr/share/sounds/alsa/Rear_Right.wav
/usr/share/sounds/alsa/Side_Left.wav
/usr/share/sounds/alsa/Side_Right.wav
/var/lib/alsa

References

alsa-utils website

Summary

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