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Latest Software Source Releases
| Package | Stable Release | Development Release | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drivers | (see kernel.org) | (see kernel.org) | Kernel drivers |
| Firmware (alsa-firmware) | 1.2.4 (sig) | none | Firmware for cards that require it |
| Library (alsa-lib) | 1.2.14 (sig) | none | Userspace library |
| Plugins (alsa-plugins) | 1.2.12 (sig) | none | Additional library plugins Eg.jack, pulse, maemo ... |
| Utilities (alsa-utils) | 1.2.14 (sig) | none | Utilities aplay,arecord,amixer etc |
| Tools (alsa-tools) | 1.2.14 (sig) | none | Tools |
| PyALSA (pyalsa) | 1.2.14 (sig) | none | Python bindings for ALSA lib |
| OSS compat lib (alsa-oss) | 1.1.8 (sig) | none | OSS compatibility library |
| Tiny compress library (tinycompress) | 1.2.13 (sig) | none | Tiny compress library |
See ChangeLogs to find out what has changed since the previous release.
- GPG signing key fingerprint: F04D F507 37AC 1A88 4C4B 3D71 8380 596D A6E5 9C91
- GPG public key block: [1]
Detailed package descriptions
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. The kernel development continues in the standard linux kernel tree [2].
The old drivers (alsa-driver) are still available.
alsa-lib
alsa-lib contains the user space library that developers compile ALSA applications against.
alsa-utils
alsa-utils contains various generic ALSA command line tools, such as amixer, aplay, alsaconf, etc.
alsa-tools
alsa-tools contains various more obscure tools and loaders.
alsa-firmware
alsa-firmware contains binary drivers for various third-party products.
alsa-plugins
alsa-plugins contains plugins for various ALSA needs (e.g. Jack).
alsa-oss
alsa-oss contains the OSS compatibilty layer.
pyalsa
pyalsa contains the Python bindings for ALSA
.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 -
FTP Access
Primary Site
- ftp.alsa-project.org:/pub The site supports TLS via STARTTLS
HTTP access
Primary Site
Europe Sites
Developers: GIT access
Online Snapshot From ALSA Server
Tarballs are generated from the latest code in ALSA GIT repositories immediately. Get very fresh ALSA code now.
Daily Snapshot Tarballs (from Takashi Iwai)
The tarballs of the latest GIT version with ready-for-build configure script are available at:
Tracker System
Rsync
| URL | rsync://rsync.alsa-project.org/ftp |
| Access | read-only |
| Description | read-only access to the whole FTP tree |
