How To Install alsa-plugins-vdownmix.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-plugins-vdownmix.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. alsa-plugins-vdownmix.x86_64 is Downmixer to stereo plugin for ALSA

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-plugins-vdownmix.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is alsa-plugins-vdownmix.x86_64

The vdownmix plugin is a downmixer from 4-6 channels to 2-channel stereo headphone output. This plugin processes the input signals with a simple spacialization, so the output sounds like a kind of “virtual surround”.

We can use yum to install alsa-plugins-vdownmix.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install alsa-plugins-vdownmix.x86_64.

Install alsa-plugins-vdownmix.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install alsa-plugins-vdownmix.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install alsa-plugins-vdownmix.x86_64

How To Uninstall alsa-plugins-vdownmix.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the alsa-plugins-vdownmix.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove alsa-plugins-vdownmix.x86_64

alsa-plugins-vdownmix.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_vdownmix.so
/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d
/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d/97-vdownmix.conf
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-vdownmix-1.1.1
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-vdownmix-1.1.1/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-vdownmix-1.1.1/COPYING.GPL
/usr/share/doc/alsa-plugins-vdownmix-1.1.1/vdownmix.txt

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-plugins-vdownmix.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.