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! Package
 
! Package
 
! Stable Release  
 
! Stable Release  
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(2007-06-11)
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(2015-02-26)
 
! Development Release
 
! Development Release
 
! Description
 
! Description
 
|-  
 
|-  
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| [ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/driver/ Driver ({{ALSA download package|module=driver}})]
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| Drivers
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| {{ALSA download file|module=driver|release=stable|short=true}}
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| (see kernel.org)
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| {{ALSA download file|module=driver|release=development|short=true}}
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| (see kernel.org)
 
| Kernel drivers
 
| Kernel drivers
 
|-
 
|-
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| [ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/firmware/ Firmware {{ALSA download package|module=firmware}})]
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| [ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/firmware/ Firmware ({{ALSA download package|module=firmware}})]
 
| {{ALSA download file|module=firmware|release=stable|short=true}}
 
| {{ALSA download file|module=firmware|release=stable|short=true}}
 
| {{ALSA download file|module=firmware|release=development|short=true}}
 
| {{ALSA download file|module=firmware|release=development|short=true}}
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|-
 
|-
 
| [ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/plugins/ Plugins ({{ALSA download package|module=plugins}})]
 
| [ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/plugins/ Plugins ({{ALSA download package|module=plugins}})]
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| {{ALSA download file|module=lib|release=stable|short=true}}
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| {{ALSA download file|module=plugins|release=stable|short=true}}
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| {{ALSA download file|module=lib|release=development|short=true}}
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| {{ALSA download file|module=plugins|release=development|short=true}}
 
| Additional library plugins Eg.jack, pulse, maemo ...
 
| Additional library plugins Eg.jack, pulse, maemo ...
 
|-
 
|-
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| Python bindings for ALSA lib
 
| Python bindings for ALSA lib
 
|-
 
|-
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| [ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/oss/ OSS compat lib ({{ALSA download package|module=oss}})]
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| [ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/oss-lib/ OSS compat lib ({{ALSA download package|module=oss}})]
 
| {{ALSA download file|module=oss|release=stable|short=true}}
 
| {{ALSA download file|module=oss|release=stable|short=true}}
 
| {{ALSA download file|module=oss|release=development|short=true}}
 
| {{ALSA download file|module=oss|release=development|short=true}}
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See [[ChangeLogs]] to find out what has changed since the previous release.
 
See [[ChangeLogs]] to find out what has changed since the previous release.
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==Detailed package descriptions==
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===alsa-driver===
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alsa-driver contains the ALSA components that run in kernel space (e.g. all the modules). It also contains a few user-space components, including the alsasound startup script and a set of ALSA headers.
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'''This package is now obsolete''', as kernel.org is now taking updates to the modules directly from the ALSA GIT server.<br>
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The old [ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/driver/ drivers ({{ALSA download package|module=driver}})] are still available.
 +
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===alsa-lib===
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alsa-lib contains the user space library that developers compile ALSA applications against.
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===alsa-utils===
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alsa-utils contains various generic ALSA command line tools, such as amixer, aplay, alsaconf, etc.
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===alsa-tools===
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alsa-tools contains various more obscure tools and loaders.
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===alsa-firmware===
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alsa-firmware contains binary drivers for various third-party products.
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===alsa-plugins===
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alsa-plugins contains plugins for various ALSA needs (e.g. Jack).
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===alsa-oss===
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alsa-oss contains the OSS compatibilty layer.
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===pyalsa===
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pyalsa contains the Python bindings for ALSA
  
 
==<tt>.bz2</tt> extension handling==
 
==<tt>.bz2</tt> extension handling==
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The <tt>.bz2</tt> extension belongs to the bzip2 compression utility which replaces gzip. You may unpack the <tt>.tar.bz2</tt> files directly using one of the following commands:
 
The <tt>.bz2</tt> extension belongs to the bzip2 compression utility which replaces gzip. You may unpack the <tt>.tar.bz2</tt> files directly using one of the following commands:
 
         ''using the newer version of tar:''
 
         ''using the newer version of tar:''
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  <nowiki>tar xjf </nowiki>''&lt;file&gt;''
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  <nowiki>tar -xjf </nowiki>''&lt;file&gt;''
 
   
 
   
 
         '''or''', ''using the older version of tar:''
 
         '''or''', ''using the older version of tar:''
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  <nowiki>tar xIf </nowiki>''&lt;file&gt;''
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  <nowiki>tar -xIf </nowiki>''&lt;file&gt;''
 
   
 
   
 
         '''or''', ''with all versions of tar:''
 
         '''or''', ''with all versions of tar:''
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  <nowiki>bunzip2 -c </nowiki>''&lt;file&gt;''<nowiki> | tar xf -</nowiki>
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  <nowiki>bunzip2 -c </nowiki>''&lt;file&gt;''<nowiki> | tar -xf -</nowiki>
  
 
==FTP Access==
 
==FTP Access==
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'''Primary Site'''
 
'''Primary Site'''
 
*[ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org:/pub ftp.alsa-project.org:/pub]
 
*[ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org:/pub ftp.alsa-project.org:/pub]
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'''Asia Mirrors'''
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*[ftp://mirrors.go-parts.com/alsa/ mirrors.go-parts.com/alsa/]
 
'''US Mirrors'''
 
'''US Mirrors'''
 
*[ftp://ftp.silug.org:/pub/alsa ftp.silug.org:/pub/alsa]
 
*[ftp://ftp.silug.org:/pub/alsa ftp.silug.org:/pub/alsa]
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==FTP via HTTP (web) access==
 
==FTP via HTTP (web) access==
  
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'''Primary Site'''
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'''Asia Sites'''
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*[http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa/ftp http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa/ftp]
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*[http://mirrors.go-parts.com/alsa/ http://mirrors.go-parts.com/alsa/]
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'''Europe Sites'''
 
'''Europe Sites'''
 
*[http://dl.ambiweb.de/mirrors/ftp.alsa-project.org http://dl.ambiweb.de/mirrors/ftp.alsa-project.org]
 
*[http://dl.ambiweb.de/mirrors/ftp.alsa-project.org http://dl.ambiweb.de/mirrors/ftp.alsa-project.org]
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*[http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/alsa http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/alsa]
 
*[http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/alsa http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/alsa]
 
*[http://alsa.cybermirror.org http://alsa.cybermirror.org]
 
*[http://alsa.cybermirror.org http://alsa.cybermirror.org]
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*[http://www.jumper.nu/alsa/ http://jumper.nu/alsa] (Sweden)
  
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==Developers: HG access==
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==Developers: GIT access==
  
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*[http://hg-mirror.alsa-project.org/ HG Repository]
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*[[GIT Server]]
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*[http://git.alsa-project.org/ GIT Repository]
  
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==(Unofficial) Daily Snapshot Tarballs==
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==Online Snapshot From ALSA Server==
  
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The tarballs of the latest HG version with ready-for-build configure script are available at:
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Tarballs are generated from the latest code in ALSA GIT repositories immediately. Get very fresh ALSA code now.
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*[ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/alsa/snapshot/ Daily Snapshot]
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==Tracker System==
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*[http://www.alsa-project.org/snapshot/ Online snapshot]
  
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*[https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug Bugs]
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==Daily Snapshot Tarballs (from Takashi Iwai)==
  
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==ALSA HG (Mercurial) SCM repositories==
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The tarballs of the latest GIT version with ready-for-build configure script are available at:
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*[http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/tiwai/alsa/ Daily Snapshot]
  
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HG (Mercurial) SCM can be found at http://www.selenic.com/mercurial.
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==Tracker System==
  
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The ALSA sources can be obtained using:
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*[https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug Bugs]
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<nowiki>hg clone http://hg-mirror.alsa-project.org/alsa-driver alsa-driver</nowiki>
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A full list of ALSA repositories can be found at the [http://hg-mirror.alsa-project.org/ HG Repository].
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As an alternative to HG you may also try via rsync access:
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<nowiki>rsync -avz --delete rsync://alsa.alsa-project.org/hg </nowiki>''your_directory''
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To get the latest code, but without the .hg repository (encouraged if you are not using HG):
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<nowiki>rsync -avz --delete --exclude=.hg* rsync://alsa.alsa-project.org/hg </nowiki>''your_directory''
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==Rsync==
 
==Rsync==
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|+ ''ALSA rsync access''
 
|+ ''ALSA rsync access''
 
|URL
 
|URL
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|rsync://alsa.alsa-project.org/ftp
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|rsync://rsync.alsa-project.org/ftp
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Access
 
|Access

Latest revision as of 17:28, 4 May 2015

Contents

[edit] Latest Software Source Releases

Package Stable Release

(2015-02-26)

Development Release Description
Drivers (see kernel.org) (see kernel.org) Kernel drivers
Firmware (alsa-firmware) 1.0.29 none Firmware for cards that require it
Library (alsa-lib) 1.1.4.1 none Userspace library
Plugins (alsa-plugins) 1.1.4 none Additional library plugins Eg.jack, pulse, maemo ...
Utilities (alsa-utils) 1.1.4 none Utilities aplay,arecord,amixer etc
Tools (alsa-tools) 1.1.3 none Tools
PyALSA (pyalsa) 1.0.29 none Python bindings for ALSA lib
OSS compat lib (alsa-oss) 1.0.28 none OSS compatibility library

See ChangeLogs to find out what has changed since the previous release.

[edit] Detailed package descriptions

[edit] alsa-driver

alsa-driver contains the ALSA components that run in kernel space (e.g. all the modules). It also contains a few user-space components, including the alsasound startup script and a set of ALSA headers.

This package is now obsolete, as kernel.org is now taking updates to the modules directly from the ALSA GIT server.
The old drivers (alsa-driver) are still available.

[edit] alsa-lib

alsa-lib contains the user space library that developers compile ALSA applications against.

[edit] alsa-utils

alsa-utils contains various generic ALSA command line tools, such as amixer, aplay, alsaconf, etc.

[edit] alsa-tools

alsa-tools contains various more obscure tools and loaders.

[edit] alsa-firmware

alsa-firmware contains binary drivers for various third-party products.

[edit] alsa-plugins

alsa-plugins contains plugins for various ALSA needs (e.g. Jack).

[edit] alsa-oss

alsa-oss contains the OSS compatibilty layer.

[edit] pyalsa

pyalsa contains the Python bindings for ALSA

[edit] .bz2 extension handling

The .bz2 extension belongs to the bzip2 compression utility which replaces gzip. You may unpack the .tar.bz2 files directly using one of the following commands: 

        using the newer version of tar:
tar -xjf <file>

        or, using the older version of tar:
tar -xIf <file>

        or, with all versions of tar:
bunzip2 -c <file> | tar -xf -

[edit] FTP Access

Primary Site

Asia Mirrors

US Mirrors

Europe Mirrors

[edit] FTP via HTTP (web) access

Asia Sites

Europe Sites

[edit] Developers: GIT access

[edit] Online Snapshot From ALSA Server

Tarballs are generated from the latest code in ALSA GIT repositories immediately. Get very fresh ALSA code now.

[edit] Daily Snapshot Tarballs (from Takashi Iwai)

The tarballs of the latest GIT version with ready-for-build configure script are available at:

[edit] Tracker System

[edit] Rsync

ALSA rsync access
URL rsync://rsync.alsa-project.org/ftp
Access read-only
Description read-only access to the whole FTP tree
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