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

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "libasound2-plugins" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libasound2-plugins on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libasound2-plugins on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


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

Package: libasound2-plugins
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2.2-2
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: 341
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_1.2.2-2_amd64.deb
Size: 65700
MD5sum: 4ecff9fbba8dd8c2950c9ad0abf6b051
SHA1: 2b55c4598040f9896c50a16f3c23058243f0cc27
SHA256: 88d423aa7ee273bbc18d15a8c47e48c129ad07bb0364eca4bc3ddd262ae572d4
SHA512: abc8eb0c3622128b957e5381e04dd3eb3fec549021a8cd0b6350583d0de66df6183219c19a5756e85594ed01a48d97c1aa06f2cb8fbdccd177aaef39ded1c6c0
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
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