Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-sof-firmware-debug on CentOS 8.
What is alsa-sof-firmware-debug
This package contains the debug files for the Sound Open Firmware project.
We can use yum or dnf to install alsa-sof-firmware-debug on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install alsa-sof-firmware-debug.
Install alsa-sof-firmware-debug on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install alsa-sof-firmware-debug using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install alsa-sof-firmware-debug
Install alsa-sof-firmware-debug on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install alsa-sof-firmware-debug using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install alsa-sof-firmware-debug
How To Uninstall alsa-sof-firmware-debug on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the alsa-sof-firmware-debug package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove alsa-sof-firmware-debug
alsa-sof-firmware-debug Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof/sof-apl.ldc
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof/sof-bdw.ldc
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof/sof-byt.ldc
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof/sof-cht.ldc
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof/sof-cnl.ldc
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof/sof-ehl.ldc
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof/sof-icl.ldc
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof/sof-jsl-v1.6.1.ldc
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof/sof-tgl-h.ldc
/usr/lib/firmware/intel/sof/sof-tgl.ldc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-sof-firmware-debug on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
