How to Install and Uninstall alsa-source Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: April 30,2024

1. Install "alsa-source" package

This tutorial shows how to install alsa-source on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                alsa-source
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "alsa-source" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall alsa-source on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                alsa-source
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the alsa-source package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: alsa-source
Architecture: all
Version: 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu7
Priority: optional
Section: universe/sound
Source: alsa-driver
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian ALSA Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 4302
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, make, gcc | c-compiler, dpkg-dev, debhelper (>= 5.0.37), debconf-utils, bzip2
Recommends: fakeroot, module-assistant, linux-headers
Suggests: kernel-package
Filename: pool/universe/a/alsa-driver/alsa-source_1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu7_all.deb
Size: 4122744
MD5sum: 122afd51a6e857079dba063bb4ef48ba
SHA1: 4002d666ad2c4f08131b5f81466975e6341d730d
SHA256: ab091a493917a54fa79f3402370f55ae1c9c3d713586bad0576af5fa6992d169
SHA512: c1e397c9ce6bc238acc715d7d01f1865f975fc6e718220fbacb85cd3ac95a6c1ea6ac89fac1ba33d4c1488529f056ca893543320ecfbf11780c796ed407ab365
Homepage: http://www.alsa-project.org/
Description-en: ALSA driver sources
This package contains the source code for the ALSA drivers.
The source code can be compiled into an alsa-modules package
using the m-a utility (available in the module-assistant
package). Please note that the kernel headers must be
installed to compile these modules. Please read the
README.Debian file for more information about loading and
building modules.
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ALSA is the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture.
Description-md5: 53e1b4fbfd16b147221d407941e1a35f