How to Install and Uninstall alsa-oss Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 03,2024

1. Install "alsa-oss" package

Please follow the instructions below to install alsa-oss on Kali Linux


    
        
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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 tutorial shows how to uninstall alsa-oss on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 Kali Linux

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)
Size: 28384
SHA256: 9aced51a4f9fd1d3ec7dab801089fa04301271c0b5ea1fd8c08e2ffabed7b869
SHA1: 7f57db5042da25575580b6cc8ae04d56b3bfbed0
MD5sum: eeeb32aeb8c15e3e102181152eec94d8
Description: ALSA wrapper for OSS applications
This package contains a program loader, aoss, which wraps
applications written for OSS in a compatibility library,
thus allowing them to work with ALSA.
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There are two ways of getting an application to work with
ALSA if the application was written for OSS. The first way
is to load the special ALSA drivers that emulate the OSS
kernel interface; these allow the application to open
/dev/dsp0 and other OSS device files. The second way is
to wrap the application in the libaoss library provided
in this package; the wrapper causes the application to
access native ALSA device files such as /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c
instead of OSS device files.
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Use of the alsa-oss library is recommended over the use of
OSS-emulation drivers if you want to use ALSA's PCM plugin
layer.
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ALSA is the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture.
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OSS is the free version of the Open Sound System.
Description-md5:
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