How to Install and Uninstall oss4-source Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "oss4-source" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install oss4-source on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                oss4-source
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "oss4-source" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall oss4-source on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                oss4-source
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the oss4-source package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: oss4-source
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.2-build2010-5ubuntu8
Priority: optional
Section: universe/sound
Source: oss4
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian OSS4 Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 798
Depends: debhelper, dpkg-dev, make, module-assistant
Filename: pool/universe/o/oss4/oss4-source_4.2-build2010-5ubuntu8_amd64.deb
Size: 798132
MD5sum: 687c2c5fdf061e63ccfd11d91bdaa158
SHA1: 7022b435332382d78c4bbd58d19c6861f4f812d0
SHA256: d22da820ee82d914a5c4c18eab1b97a633e54ae01a8ceb8a0ea9e91a4ea85f98
SHA512: 149eb3299fe95def3f9d27a570a7b6f5e2d7f5c51e1dd872ddc54fc07699ec20259bc4ac976c822af076c382c29590ae5dfdeeef543997029d037c4922cc3c80
Description-en: Open Sound System - drivers sources
This package provides the source code for the OSS4 kernel modules,
in a form suitable for use by module-assistant.
Description-md5: 319c93ac7a728c354fdd083fd4aea4ca