Re: How can I update ALSA in SUSE 9.0

Günter Dannoritzer wrote:
> Hi Paul,
> 
> Paul Berry wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have a laptop with SUSE 9.0 installed (ALSA 0.9.6). I am happy with 
>> the 9.0 distro so I'm not looking to upgrade this laptop to SUSE 9.1. 
>> However I would really like to update ALSA to 1.0.6 (or later), does 
>> anyone have any suggestions on how to do this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Paul
>>
>>
> 
> The easiest way is if you search for the alsa rpm for suse 9.0.
> 
> Have a look at the following link:
> 
> http://rpmseek.com/rpm-pl/alsa.html?hl=de&cbd=0:A:0::44
> 
> Ups, just recognized that you wrote 1.0.6. On the given link I only 
> found them up to 1.0.3. Maybe on the alsa page they have some more 
> links. Anyway, there are usually individuals who are interested in 
> getting some software up to date on their system and post it on a web 
> site. Searching for the key words 'alsa', 'rpm', 'suse', and '9.0' 
> usually brings you some results.
> 
if you like to just compile that stuff, get the newest sources and 
compile it.
Afterwards you might like to make a package from it - when it runs ok
Jörg


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