How To Install sox-devel on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install sox-devel in AlmaLinux 8. sox-devel is The SoX sound file format converter libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sox-devel on AlmaLinux 8.

What is sox-devel

This package contains the library needed for compiling applications which will use the SoX sound file format converter.

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

Install sox-devel 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 sox-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sox-devel

Install sox-devel 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 sox-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sox-devel

How To Uninstall sox-devel on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the sox-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove sox-devel

References

Summary

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