Information about the package, pulseaudio, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The pulseaudio package is designed for, Improved Linux Sound Server.
Package Name:
pulseaudio
Summary:
Improved Linux Sound Server
Description:
PulseAudio is a sound server for Linux and other Unix like operating systems. It is intended to be an improved drop-in replacement for the Enlightened Sound Daemon (ESOUND).
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.9.21
Release:
26.el6
Size:
555 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+
Control the pulseaudio package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install pulseaudio
This command will install pulseaudio on the server.
yum remove pulseaudio
This command will un-install pulseaudio on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pulseaudio, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove pulseaudio
This command will un-install 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 pulseaudio when using the -y flag.
yum update pulseaudio
This command will update pulseaudio to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pulseaudio, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update pulseaudio
This command will update 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 pulseaudio when using the -y flag.
yum info pulseaudio
This command will show you core information about the pulseaudio package.
yum deplist pulseaudio
This command will show you the dependencies for 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 pulseaudio
This command will check if there is an update waiting on 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.