How to Install and Uninstall alsa-oss Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: March 15,2025

You can also install and uninstall the alsa-oss on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
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1. Install "alsa-oss" package

Please follow the steps below to install alsa-oss on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                alsa-oss
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "alsa-oss" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall alsa-oss on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                alsa-oss
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the alsa-oss package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: alsa-oss
Version: 1.1.8-2
Installed-Size: 103
Maintainer: Debian ALSA Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libc6 (>= 2.34)
Description: ALSA wrapper for OSS applications
Description-md5: 7e1413025cd44f9937186b01e353aed0
Homepage: https://www.alsa-project.org/
Tag: admin::hardware, interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility,
use::converting, use::playing, works-with::audio
Section: sound
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/alsa-oss/alsa-oss_1.1.8-2_amd64.deb
Size: 28384
MD5sum: eeeb32aeb8c15e3e102181152eec94d8
SHA256: 9aced51a4f9fd1d3ec7dab801089fa04301271c0b5ea1fd8c08e2ffabed7b869