How To Install pulseaudio-libs on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install pulseaudio-libs on CentOS 7. pulseaudio-libs is Libraries for PulseAudio clients

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pulseaudio-libs on CentOS 7.

What is pulseaudio-libs

This package contains the runtime libraries for any application that wishes to interface with a PulseAudio sound server. 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 CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pulseaudio-libs.

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

sudo yum -y install pulseaudio-libs

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

sudo dnf -y install pulseaudio-libs

How To Uninstall pulseaudio-libs on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove pulseaudio-libs

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Summary

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