Information about the package, alsa-utils, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The alsa-utils package is designed for, Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) utilities.
Package Name:
alsa-utils
Summary:
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) utilities
Description:
This package contains command line utilities for the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA).
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.1.0
Release:
10.el6
Size:
2.0 M
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the alsa-utils package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install alsa-utils
This command will install alsa-utils on the server.
yum remove alsa-utils
This command will un-install alsa-utils on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove alsa-utils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove alsa-utils
This command will un-install alsa-utils on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove alsa-utils when using the -y flag.
yum update alsa-utils
This command will update alsa-utils to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove alsa-utils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update alsa-utils
This command will update alsa-utils to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove alsa-utils when using the -y flag.
yum info alsa-utils
This command will show you core information about the alsa-utils package.
yum deplist alsa-utils
This command will show you the dependencies for alsa-utils. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update alsa-utils
This command will check if there is an update waiting on alsa-utils. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.