How to Install and Uninstall libasound2 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 24,2025

You can also install and uninstall the libasound2 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 "libasound2" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install libasound2 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libasound2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libasound2" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall libasound2 on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libasound2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libasound2 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libasound2
Source: alsa-lib (1.2.8-1)
Version: 1.2.8-1+b1
Installed-Size: 1161
Maintainer: Debian ALSA Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libasound2-data (>= 1.2.8-1), libc6 (>= 2.34)
Suggests: libasound2-plugins (>= 1.0.24)
Breaks: alsa-utils (<< 1.2.1)
Description: shared library for ALSA applications
Description-md5: f80c24ce80b76f9116fc6c7d1a8aa34b
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.alsa-project.org/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/alsa-lib/libasound2_1.2.8-1+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 361788
MD5sum: 23043904d4f228b6f4d72ef1cdea49a3
SHA256: 44c77b076a7b11ae99712439022d822245b1994c435da564ebd320bb676faf4c