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alsa-lib


Information about the package, alsa-lib, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The alsa-lib package is designed for, The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) library.


Package Name:

alsa-lib

Summary:

The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) library

Description:

The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) provides audio and MIDI functionality to the Linux operating system. This package includes the ALSA runtime libraries to simplify application programming and provide higher level functionality as well as support for the older OSS API, providing binary compatibility for most OSS programs.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.1.0

Release:

4.el6

Size:

1.2 M

Repository:

installed

From Repository:

base

Licence:

LGPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for alsa-lib


Control the alsa-lib package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install alsa-lib

This command will install alsa-lib on the server.

yum remove alsa-lib

This command will un-install alsa-lib on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove alsa-lib, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove alsa-lib

This command will un-install alsa-lib 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-lib when using the -y flag.

yum update alsa-lib

This command will update alsa-lib to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove alsa-lib, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update alsa-lib

This command will update alsa-lib 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-lib when using the -y flag.

yum info alsa-lib

This command will show you core information about the alsa-lib package.

yum deplist alsa-lib

This command will show you the dependencies for alsa-lib. 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-lib

This command will check if there is an update waiting on alsa-lib. 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.