How To Install pulseaudio-module-x11 on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install pulseaudio-module-x11 on CentOS 7. pulseaudio-module-x11 is X11 support for the PulseAudio sound server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pulseaudio-module-x11 on CentOS 7.

What is pulseaudio-module-x11

X11 bell and security modules for the PulseAudio sound server.

We can use yum or dnf to install pulseaudio-module-x11 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pulseaudio-module-x11.

Install pulseaudio-module-x11 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-module-x11 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pulseaudio-module-x11

Install pulseaudio-module-x11 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-module-x11 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pulseaudio-module-x11

How To Uninstall pulseaudio-module-x11 on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the pulseaudio-module-x11 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pulseaudio-module-x11

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pulseaudio-module-x11 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.