How To Install pulseaudio-module-bluetooth.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install pulseaudio-module-bluetooth.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. pulseaudio-module-bluetooth.x86_64 is Bluetooth support for the PulseAudio sound server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pulseaudio-module-bluetooth.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `pulseaudio-module-bluetooth.x86_64`

Contains Bluetooth audio (A2DP/HSP/HFP) support for the PulseAudio sound server.

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

Install pulseaudio-module-bluetooth.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 pulseaudio-module-bluetooth.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pulseaudio-module-bluetooth.x86_64

How To Uninstall pulseaudio-module-bluetooth.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the pulseaudio-module-bluetooth.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove pulseaudio-module-bluetooth.x86_64

pulseaudio-module-bluetooth.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/pulse-10.0/modules/libbluez5-util.so
/usr/lib64/pulse-10.0/modules/module-bluetooth-discover.so
/usr/lib64/pulse-10.0/modules/module-bluetooth-policy.so
/usr/lib64/pulse-10.0/modules/module-bluez5-device.so
/usr/lib64/pulse-10.0/modules/module-bluez5-discover.so

References

pulseaudio-module-bluetooth.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pulseaudio-module-bluetooth.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.