Information about the package, alsa-plugins-pulseaudio, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The alsa-plugins-pulseaudio package is designed for, Alsa to PulseAudio backend.
Package Name:
alsa-plugins-pulseaudio
Summary:
Alsa to PulseAudio backend
Description:
This plugin allows any program that uses the ALSA API to access a PulseAudio sound daemon. In other words, native ALSA applications can play and record sound across a network. There are two plugins in the suite, one for PCM and one for mixer control.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.1.0
Release:
1.el6
Size:
36 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+
Control the alsa-plugins-pulseaudio package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install alsa-plugins-pulseaudio
This command will install alsa-plugins-pulseaudio on the server.
yum remove alsa-plugins-pulseaudio
This command will un-install alsa-plugins-pulseaudio on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove alsa-plugins-pulseaudio, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove alsa-plugins-pulseaudio
This command will un-install alsa-plugins-pulseaudio 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-plugins-pulseaudio when using the -y flag.
yum update alsa-plugins-pulseaudio
This command will update alsa-plugins-pulseaudio to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove alsa-plugins-pulseaudio, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update alsa-plugins-pulseaudio
This command will update alsa-plugins-pulseaudio 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-plugins-pulseaudio when using the -y flag.
yum info alsa-plugins-pulseaudio
This command will show you core information about the alsa-plugins-pulseaudio package.
yum deplist alsa-plugins-pulseaudio
This command will show you the dependencies for alsa-plugins-pulseaudio. 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-plugins-pulseaudio
This command will check if there is an update waiting on alsa-plugins-pulseaudio. 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.