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

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "alsa-utils" package

Please follow the guidance below to install alsa-utils on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                alsa-utils
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "alsa-utils" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall alsa-utils on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                alsa-utils
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the alsa-utils package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: alsa-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2.3-1ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: sound
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian ALSA Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2448
Provides: audio-mixer
Depends: kmod (>= 17-1~), lsb-base (>= 3.0-9), libasound2 (>= 1.2.1), libatopology2 (>= 1.2.2), libc6 (>= 2.29), libfftw3-single3 (>= 3.3.5), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libsamplerate0 (>= 0.1.7), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Suggests: dialog
Filename: pool/main/a/alsa-utils/alsa-utils_1.2.3-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 1021444
MD5sum: 444927e55ad9439fe98691f41f1eab2f
SHA1: e411c060f54d28ca96794bd8111d2856bafd7e9c
SHA256: 388722d35787e232a8541dcb553a4a868a01bbc7c88fa2bd2b807403b08edc3c
SHA512: 11ddd5105cb10031fe8b4d165a5062e6802bbc21aaf8b26d093d85131bbe87555e6fcd067b4f4d125042c4beec17bd97dd893e9578aeace4500ff7c2d5f09df8
Homepage: https://www.alsa-project.org/
Description-en: Utilities for configuring and using ALSA
Included tools:
- alsactl: advanced controls for ALSA sound drivers
- alsaloop: create loopbacks between PCM capture and playback devices
- alsamixer: curses mixer
- alsaucm: alsa use case manager
- amixer: command line mixer
- amidi: read from and write to ALSA RawMIDI ports
- aplay, arecord: command line playback and recording
- aplaymidi, arecordmidi: command line MIDI playback and recording
- aconnect, aseqnet, aseqdump: command line MIDI sequencer control
- iecset: set or dump IEC958 status bits
- speaker-test: speaker test tone generator
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ALSA is the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture.
Description-md5: a4e555adf5e969eded25828df3763172
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop