How to Install and Uninstall oss-compat Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "oss-compat" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install oss-compat on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                oss-compat
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "oss-compat" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall oss-compat on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


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

Package: oss-compat
Architecture: amd64
Version: 7
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: extra
Section: universe/sound
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Games Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 20
Depends: kmod
Recommends: osspd
Filename: pool/universe/o/oss-compat/oss-compat_7_amd64.deb
Size: 5000
MD5sum: cacf14f9bd925f0195d1f5ccc1b13d77
SHA1: 1dd355016a911088ff0475fc2b083e617a037fc8
SHA256: c1aaa286412c11816f5abb537f9c43bcabf816aea2056cdc562e4f0a5127afcf
SHA512: af28c4d6d3bfbcd85d9848febfcaf0486f01df24ad763ccfc449c71ad51d2fd281411066b3fb0a04d35814d018c2b8421b9a494cde6dce7162b0ec5ce8855b26
Description-en: Open Sound System (OSS) compatibility package
This package ensures that Open Sound System support is provided in
some way. On Linux, it enables the ALSA compatibility modules. On
other kernels where OSS is the default interface, no action is
taken.
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The purpose of this package is for applications that only support OSS
to depend on it, hence preventing common "/dev/dsp not found" errors
that would confuse unexperienced users.
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On Linux platforms a better approach nowadays is to use osspd, which
emulates OSS devices using ALSA or PulseAudio.
Description-md5: bda05940fba28a152a4c13a58ad86e74