How to Install and Uninstall alsa-utils Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: April 28,2024

1. Install "alsa-utils" package

Please follow the instructions below to install alsa-utils on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall alsa-utils on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: alsa-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2.4-1ubuntu3
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 (>= 2.33), libfftw3-single3 (>= 3.3.5), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libsamplerate0 (>= 0.1.7), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Suggests: dialog
Filename: pool/main/a/alsa-utils/alsa-utils_1.2.4-1ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 1024700
MD5sum: df053dba07a15025a367be9b3180e3f4
SHA1: 84b37ac8f9e0199107d978fe6e1c910fd3c9028c
SHA256: 3b0eb0f734c9a655ccb7ebe35c5749c39330b9cd3846cf8adbdd3553f6c6bec0
SHA512: 4d6d8b520d62507be254a154660f502b529f2f4b69a1c8ee4d91e3183b504103a543f89186abc689d8e69c2db26ff8ce7222ce5007fe3347e46516e19c61691c
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, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi