How to Install and Uninstall libao4 Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "libao4" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install libao4 on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libao4
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libao4" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall libao4 on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libao4
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libao4 package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: libao4
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2.2+20180113-1ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Source: libao
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Ron Lee
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 143
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libao-common
Suggests: libasound2, libaudio2, libpulse0, libsndio6.1
Replaces: libao-pulse
Filename: pool/main/liba/libao/libao4_1.2.2+20180113-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 35128
MD5sum: eec9be1aa40caaea7e81343ba9878753
SHA1: 9fa93e01fbba3efbad9f2c86a7f6c9ac30bd0469
SHA256: b5735bb05f3611b4c6e9dc47e160a810b6a28bde6369d9f25d4ebcd22938eef8
SHA512: 3c30e9f5d4a4ef22c9d75482b59653f3ce92b278970221ab2e1e0efd854545d61577298ff881bd373c293e62e2d9e9295cd726681e583729a8c6da72c601466a
Homepage: http://www.xiph.org/ao/
Description-en: Cross Platform Audio Output Library
Libao is a cross-platform audio library that allows programs to output audio
using a simple API on a wide variety of platforms. It currently supports:
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* Null output (handy for testing without a sound device)
* WAV files
* AU files
* OSS (Open Sound System, used on Linux and FreeBSD)
* ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture)
* PulseAudio (next generation GNOME sound server)
* and several others.
Description-md5: 20295bc06c01156b5c50537c5377be71
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop