Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-plugins-oss on CentOS 8.
What is alsa-plugins-oss
This plugin converts the ALSA API over OSS API. With this plugin, ALSA native apps can run on OSS drivers. This plugin provides the PCM type “ossâ€. alsa-plugins-oss 1.1.9 1.el8 x86_64 40 k alsa-plugins-1.1.9-1.el8.src.rpm appstream Oss PCM output plugin for ALSA http LGPLv2+ This plugin converts the ALSA API over OSS API. With this plugin, ALSA native apps can run on OSS drivers. This plugin provides the PCM type “ossâ€.
We can use yum or dnf to install alsa-plugins-oss on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install alsa-plugins-oss.
Install alsa-plugins-oss 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-plugins-oss using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install alsa-plugins-oss
Install alsa-plugins-oss 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-plugins-oss using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install alsa-plugins-oss
How To Uninstall alsa-plugins-oss on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the alsa-plugins-oss package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove alsa-plugins-oss
alsa-plugins-oss Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/alsa/conf.d
/etc/alsa/conf.d/50-oss.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/28
/usr/lib/.build-id/28/15ccf92a9ff720ba1d71e7c6f5270967c86db5
/usr/lib/.build-id/50
/usr/lib/.build-id/50/061cbcbf011ae8c3b0f36bf4d327db2c04d8aa
/usr/lib64/alsa-lib
/usr/lib64/alsa-lib/libasound_module_ctl_oss.so
/usr/lib64/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_oss.so
/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d
/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d/50-oss.conf
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-oss
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-oss/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-oss/COPYING.GPL
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-oss/README-pcm-oss
/etc/alsa/conf.d
/etc/alsa/conf.d/50-oss.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4b
/usr/lib/.build-id/4b/86a11cd119bd599c4b053e0a2f1a3ae320d207
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5/079dbe2707de43bd7ddedd452938f7a8885f84
/usr/lib/alsa-lib
/usr/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_ctl_oss.so
/usr/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_oss.so
/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d
/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d/50-oss.conf
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-oss
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-oss/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-oss/COPYING.GPL
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-oss/README-pcm-oss
References
- [alsa-plugins-oss website](http://www.alsa-project.org/
http://www.alsa-project.org/)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-plugins-oss on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
