How to Install and Uninstall libasound2 Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 07,2024

1. Install "libasound2" package

This guide let you learn how to install libasound2 on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libasound2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libasound2" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall libasound2 on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libasound2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libasound2 package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: libasound2
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2.4-1.1ubuntu2
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Source: alsa-lib
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian ALSA Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1121
Depends: libasound2-data (>= 1.2.4-1.1ubuntu2), libc6 (>= 2.33)
Suggests: libasound2-plugins (>= 1.0.24)
Breaks: alsa-utils (<< 1.2.1)
Filename: pool/main/a/alsa-lib/libasound2_1.2.4-1.1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 334736
MD5sum: 48b5543e423cb1857e4313438f5fc3d3
SHA1: ef11c9eb8822a33c7159b7cc8fc66e1585d75269
SHA256: fdaa905055e48f69605ad00dabc1d1abd260584e546baf1029daad7e181f4941
SHA512: 0aa688d95220fd48a216125f8175256554259397e5ae59d2b3e3122abe53b6b63ae5b174843865d1ad9da412e14c351eafec83438e76adedacca40cb94ba3765
Homepage: https://www.alsa-project.org/
Description-en: shared library for ALSA applications
This package contains the ALSA library and its standard plugins, as well
as the required configuration files.
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ALSA is the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture.
Description-md5: f80c24ce80b76f9116fc6c7d1a8aa34b
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