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

Last updated: May 04,2024

1. Install "oss-compat" package

Please follow the steps below to install oss-compat on Kali Linux


    
        
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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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall oss-compat on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 Kali Linux

Package: oss-compat
Version: 8
Installed-Size: 18
Maintainer: Debian Games Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: kmod
Suggests: osspd
Size: 3788
SHA256: 662f671cd1586ef4f048cbeeff7896f95a2639af6f88a11e194d5e9503f22574
SHA1: b3f9b22f861be30a52936f02c4b5ead1eb9f02bd
MD5sum: 368ec272647685f509cc2dad0e8a8c7d
Description: Open Sound System (OSS) compatibility package
This package ensures that Open Sound System support is provided in
some way. On Linux, it enables the ALSA compatibility modules. On
other kernels where OSS is the default interface, no action is
taken.
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The purpose of this package is for applications that only support OSS
to depend on it, hence preventing common "/dev/dsp not found" errors
that would confuse unexperienced users.
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On Linux platforms a better approach nowadays is to use osspd, which
emulates OSS devices using ALSA or PulseAudio.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Tag: admin::configuring, role::TODO, role::program, use::configuring
Section: sound
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/o/oss-compat/oss-compat_8_amd64.deb