How to Install and Uninstall libasound2 Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 07,2024

1. Install "libasound2" package

This is a short guide on how to install libasound2 on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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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 covers the steps necessary to uninstall libasound2 on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 11 (Bullseye)

Package: libasound2
Source: alsa-lib
Version: 1.2.4-1.1
Installed-Size: 1128
Maintainer: Debian ALSA Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libasound2-data (>= 1.2.4-1.1), libc6 (>= 2.29)
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_1.2.4-1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 355512
MD5sum: 842907e05b3c9c4d49b97981e1f1a6af
SHA256: d8c9b5182768db2a7c5c73f1eed0b1be1431ae4f41084d502b325d06d5b0f648