How to Install and Uninstall alsa-oss Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: November 23,2024

1. Install "alsa-oss" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install alsa-oss on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall alsa-oss on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: alsa-oss
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.1.8-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/sound
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian ALSA Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 108
Depends: libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libc6 (>= 2.15)
Filename: pool/universe/a/alsa-oss/alsa-oss_1.1.8-1_amd64.deb
Size: 28816
MD5sum: e5fc474910f564478a4f47bb4ecb2a5e
SHA1: 305a5140b14fd55e4b04cf1902eeafdae720bdd8
SHA256: 9a5063cb039f67e57fe482e59c8d804686d1a5d87625dbc59c00114d32810942
SHA512: 148e3fb87f0ac51215407d05b5898769160ae14dde2ef0b83026be748c1c330a5e0aa53c3ed4d1f5f9503950113b2ffea0c2f34638c7bd7102683f399d09b227
Homepage: https://www.alsa-project.org/
Description-en: 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: 7e1413025cd44f9937186b01e353aed0