How To Install pulseaudio-utils on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install pulseaudio-utils in AlmaLinux 8. pulseaudio-utils is PulseAudio sound server utilities

Introduction

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

What is `pulseaudio-utils`

This package contains command line utilities for the PulseAudio sound server.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install pulseaudio-utils

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

sudo yum -y install pulseaudio-utils

How To Uninstall pulseaudio-utils on AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove pulseaudio-utils

References

pulseaudio-utils website

Summary

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