How To Install libao on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libao on Rocky Linux 8. libao is Cross Platform Audio Output Library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libao on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libao

Libao is a cross platform audio output library. It currently supports ESD, OSS, Solaris, and IRIX.

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

Install libao 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 libao using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libao

Install libao 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 libao using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libao

How To Uninstall libao on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libao package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libao

libao Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/25
/usr/lib/.build-id/25/d45a21d6084b4acd377ce7ab23771ebebc67a2
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b/d8afbce38572f21e72271858349836fc43e0d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3/374f4688e8df8bda4a619ec4bb1a145ddb95f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff/327e6f90232dbf59ff1a25d2589f6e0ba52d96
/usr/lib64/ao
/usr/lib64/ao/plugins-4
/usr/lib64/ao/plugins-4/libalsa.so
/usr/lib64/ao/plugins-4/liboss.so
/usr/lib64/ao/plugins-4/libpulse.so
/usr/lib64/libao.so.4
/usr/lib64/libao.so.4.1.0
/usr/share/doc/libao
/usr/share/doc/libao/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libao/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/libao/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libao/README
/usr/share/man/man5/libao.conf.5.gz
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/57
/usr/lib/.build-id/57/9fccf176f41d8a5dd53a2b18083c326b4cea41
/usr/lib/.build-id/67
/usr/lib/.build-id/67/36571b58f7fb3b57b168b73e81b5af7997f7cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/76
/usr/lib/.build-id/76/af1f18703b992f432eed8d47d29a5d7e26977d
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3/69549722eeaef57dedd351c4ca6fbca279081a
/usr/lib/ao
/usr/lib/ao/plugins-4
/usr/lib/ao/plugins-4/libalsa.so
/usr/lib/ao/plugins-4/liboss.so
/usr/lib/ao/plugins-4/libpulse.so
/usr/lib/libao.so.4
/usr/lib/libao.so.4.1.0
/usr/share/doc/libao
/usr/share/doc/libao/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libao/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/libao/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libao/README
/usr/share/man/man5/libao.conf.5.gz

References

Summary

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