How To Install pavucontrol on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pavucontrol on AlmaLinux 8.
What is pavucontrol
PulseAudio Volume Control (pavucontrol) is a simple GTK based volume control tool (“mixer”) for the PulseAudio sound server. In contrast to classic mixer tools this one allows you to control both the volume of hardware devices and of each playback stream separately.
We can use yum or dnf to install pavucontrol on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pavucontrol.
Install pavucontrol on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install pavucontrol using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install pavucontrol
Install pavucontrol on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install pavucontrol using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pavucontrol
How To Uninstall pavucontrol on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the pavucontrol package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove pavucontrol
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pavucontrol on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.