How to Install and Uninstall libasound2-plugins Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "libasound2-plugins" package

This is a short guide on how to install libasound2-plugins on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libasound2-plugins" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall libasound2-plugins on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libasound2-plugins package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: libasound2-plugins
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2.2-1ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Source: alsa-plugins
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian ALSA Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 342
Depends: libasound2 (>= 1.1.8), libc6 (>= 2.15), libjack-jackd2-0 (>= 1.9.10+20150825) | libjack-0.125, libpulse0 (>= 0.99.1-1~), libsamplerate0 (>= 0.1.7)
Filename: pool/main/a/alsa-plugins/libasound2-plugins_1.2.2-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 65996
MD5sum: 05cb5b3e289fd73816d9aa49056cf6ad
SHA1: ba2bb70653158e1ba3199182b421ca6918429d6f
SHA256: 64a426b20efac0adfd7daff51eed11044a35dbbdc5ca0d17d1aeba28115a9b01
SHA512: 75573ba531ae2432b49578ee2a6a4391a2d412d9b196fc4a75be922b52bcb8d186a80e92794ae35a6e60bc1c94debe5913e20fd757a78e88f01400d9014bfc19
Homepage: https://www.alsa-project.org/
Description-en: ALSA library additional plugins
This package contains plugins for the ALSA library that are
not included in the main libasound2 package.
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The following plugins are included, among other:
- a52: S16 to A52 stream converter
- jack: play or capture via JACK
- oss: run native ALSA apps on OSS drivers
- pulse: play or capture via Pulse Audio
- lavcrate, samplerate and speexrate: rate converters
- upmix and vdownmix: convert from/to 2 and 4/6 channel streams
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ALSA is the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture.
Description-md5: d5c7c8a00460bf9dc4d137b2036d2d1e
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