How To Install pulseaudio-libs on AlmaLinux 8

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pulseaudio-libs on AlmaLinux 8.

What is pulseaudio-libs

This package contains the runtime libraries for any application that wishes to interface with a PulseAudio sound server.

We can use yum or dnf to install pulseaudio-libs on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pulseaudio-libs.

Install pulseaudio-libs 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 pulseaudio-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pulseaudio-libs

Install pulseaudio-libs 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 pulseaudio-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pulseaudio-libs

How To Uninstall pulseaudio-libs on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the pulseaudio-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pulseaudio-libs

References

• pulseaudio-libs website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pulseaudio-libs on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.