How To Install openal-soft on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install openal-soft on CentOS 7. openal-soft is Open Audio Library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install openal-soft on CentOS 7.

What is openal-soft

OpenAL Soft is a cross-platform software implementation of the OpenAL 3D audio API. It’s built off of the open-sourced Windows version available originally from the SVN repository at openal.org. OpenAL provides capabilities for playing audio in a virtual 3d environment. Distance attenuation, doppler shift, and directional sound emitters are among the features handled by the API. More advanced effects, including air absorption, low-pass filters, and reverb, are available through the EFX extension. It also facilitates streaming audio, multi-channel buffers, and audio capture.

We can use yum or dnf to install openal-soft on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install openal-soft.

Install openal-soft on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install openal-soft using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install openal-soft

Install openal-soft 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 openal-soft using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install openal-soft

How To Uninstall openal-soft on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the openal-soft package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove openal-soft

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install openal-soft on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.