How to Install and Uninstall libasound2-plugins Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 22,2024

1. Install "libasound2-plugins" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libasound2-plugins on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall libasound2-plugins on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libasound2-plugins
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libasound2-plugins package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: libasound2-plugins
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2.2-2ubuntu1
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 (>= 2.34), 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_1.2.2-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 70264
MD5sum: 5d7c81d4bbec184557f99df7f3cc6f32
SHA1: 7a54b20cb3c251b72735cab36772113ceabb2456
SHA256: 0e2ed6e8f3f5efea09456986d4fa287e0eb95cbfa6057fb557b81bacfa694315
SHA512: 643164434a8b7d4455869ec3465f0bb3b3823b5d22eb8dffa115124d4ae7ac911930078d54b5ed8a7f982357e58ae2a70f43f5c48465d216c235a717a9ee3746
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, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi