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

Last updated: December 24,2024

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

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1. Install "oss-compat" package

Learn how to install oss-compat on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall oss-compat on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: oss-compat
Version: 7
Installed-Size: 20
Maintainer: Debian Games Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: kmod
Suggests: osspd
Description: Open Sound System (OSS) compatibility package
Description-md5: bda05940fba28a152a4c13a58ad86e74
Multi-Arch: foreign
Tag: admin::configuring, role::TODO, role::program, use::configuring
Section: sound
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/o/oss-compat/oss-compat_7_amd64.deb
Size: 5400
MD5sum: c45d783bf78e3f4de9337c189bd80539
SHA256: 54100cf861b46c9f6b8c221f852b179599cb0a31edddb5c2a634538b9fa29718