How To Install pulseaudio on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pulseaudio on CentOS 7.
What is pulseaudio
PulseAudio is a sound server for Linux and other Unix like operating systems. It is intended to be an improved drop-in replacement for the Enlightened Sound Daemon (ESOUND).
We can use yum or dnf to install pulseaudio on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pulseaudio.
Install pulseaudio on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install pulseaudio using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pulseaudio
Install pulseaudio 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 pulseaudio using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install pulseaudio
How To Uninstall pulseaudio on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the pulseaudio package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove pulseaudio
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pulseaudio on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
