How To Install pcaudiolib on Rocky Linux 8

Introduction

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

What is pcaudiolib

The Portable C Audio Library (pcaudiolib) provides a C API to different audio devices.

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

Install pcaudiolib 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 pcaudiolib using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pcaudiolib

Install pcaudiolib 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 pcaudiolib using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pcaudiolib

How To Uninstall pcaudiolib on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove pcaudiolib

pcaudiolib Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/19
/usr/lib/.build-id/19/eb53a5d95cb60cfd3ccb2cc9fce4860af3653a
/usr/lib64/libpcaudio.so.0
/usr/lib64/libpcaudio.so.0.0.1
/usr/share/doc/pcaudiolib
/usr/share/doc/pcaudiolib/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/pcaudiolib/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/pcaudiolib/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/pcaudiolib
/usr/share/licenses/pcaudiolib/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/52
/usr/lib/.build-id/52/6c507f8f02ab9d32055edb1b47750c17d336d6
/usr/lib/libpcaudio.so.0
/usr/lib/libpcaudio.so.0.0.1
/usr/share/doc/pcaudiolib
/usr/share/doc/pcaudiolib/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/pcaudiolib/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/pcaudiolib/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/pcaudiolib
/usr/share/licenses/pcaudiolib/COPYING

References

• pcaudiolib website

Summary

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