How To Install alsa-tools-firmware.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-tools-firmware.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. alsa-tools-firmware.x86_64 is ALSA tools for uploading firmware to some soundcards

Introduction

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

What is alsa-tools-firmware.x86_64

This package contains tools for flashing firmware into certain sound cards. The following tools are available * hdsploader - for RME Hammerfall DSP cards * mixartloader - for Digigram miXart soundcards * vxloader - for Digigram VX soundcards * usx2yloader - second phase firmware loader for Tascam USX2Y USB soundcards

We can use yum to install alsa-tools-firmware.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-tools-firmware.x86_64.

Install alsa-tools-firmware.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-tools-firmware.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install alsa-tools-firmware.x86_64

How To Uninstall alsa-tools-firmware.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the alsa-tools-firmware.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove alsa-tools-firmware.x86_64

alsa-tools-firmware.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/lib/udev/rules.d/90-alsa-tools-firmware.rules
/lib/udev/tascam_fpga
/lib/udev/tascam_fw
/usr/bin/hdsploader
/usr/bin/mixartloader
/usr/bin/usx2yloader
/usr/bin/vxloader
/usr/share/doc/alsa-tools-1.1.0
/usr/share/doc/alsa-tools-1.1.0/hdsploader
/usr/share/doc/alsa-tools-1.1.0/hdsploader/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/alsa-tools-1.1.0/hdsploader/README
/usr/share/doc/alsa-tools-1.1.0/mixartloader
/usr/share/doc/alsa-tools-1.1.0/mixartloader/README
/usr/share/doc/alsa-tools-1.1.0/usx2yloader
/usr/share/doc/alsa-tools-1.1.0/usx2yloader/README
/usr/share/doc/alsa-tools-1.1.0/vxloader
/usr/share/doc/alsa-tools-1.1.0/vxloader/README

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Summary

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