How To Install cros-pulse-config on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install cros-pulse-config on Rocky Linux 8. cros-pulse-config is PulseAudio helper for Chromium OS integration.

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cros-pulse-config on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `cros-pulse-config`

This package installs customized pulseaudio configurations to /etc/skel. “default.pa” is required as a workaround for the lack of udev in unprivileged containers. “daemon.conf” contains low latency configuration.

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

Install cros-pulse-config 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 cros-pulse-config using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cros-pulse-config

Install cros-pulse-config 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 cros-pulse-config using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cros-pulse-config

How To Uninstall cros-pulse-config on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the cros-pulse-config package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove cros-pulse-config

cros-pulse-config Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/skel/.config/pulse/daemon.conf
/etc/skel/.config/pulse/default.pa
/usr/share/doc/cros-pulse-config
/usr/share/doc/cros-pulse-config/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/cros-pulse-config
/usr/share/licenses/cros-pulse-config/LICENSE

References

cros-pulse-config website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cros-pulse-config on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.