How to Install and Uninstall alsa-oss Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "alsa-oss" package

This tutorial shows how to install alsa-oss on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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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 is a short guide on how to uninstall alsa-oss on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: alsa-oss
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.0.28-1ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/sound
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian ALSA Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 131
Pre-Depends: multiarch-support
Depends: libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libc6 (>= 2.15)
Filename: pool/universe/a/alsa-oss/alsa-oss_1.0.28-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 28914
MD5sum: 1c28b15db11206278b334df7ee391820
SHA1: 57e2e2c858bdcf26c4239dc6238799a3ae721b78
SHA256: 4f448a81ae056358362b51d39f3d2e8a6da7c297e59c34fe7d67fcabe588040e
Homepage: http://www.alsa-project.org/
Description: ALSA wrapper for OSS applications
Description-md5: 7e1413025cd44f9937186b01e353aed0