How to Install and Uninstall libasound2 Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: May 07,2024

1. Install "libasound2" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libasound2 on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall libasound2 on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libasound2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libasound2 package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: libasound2
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2.9-2
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Source: alsa-lib
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian ALSA Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1152
Depends: libasound2-data (>= 1.2.9-2), libc6 (>= 2.38)
Suggests: libasound2-plugins (>= 1.0.24)
Breaks: alsa-utils (<< 1.2.1)
Filename: pool/main/a/alsa-lib/libasound2_1.2.9-2_amd64.deb
Size: 393214
MD5sum: 339fbf38927a3a852643295853feddb3
SHA1: de90ed0ccee4c3a3989e21cefc277fb73ad6ca6c
SHA256: 89f3015dfefe204022bb5fcbf2a7754941984fae8f9ecc064a59e01995529c3e
SHA512: c3df15091f95be5278c5893db4595b23cc5a5d46763ab6ea86ae32f7765030c9eec7c9acccc62c2f1c7576303c6918a9dbb561d6cb19842667f46e18cca9e95e
Homepage: https://www.alsa-project.org/
Description: shared library for ALSA applications
Description-md5: f80c24ce80b76f9116fc6c7d1a8aa34b
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-minimal, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi, ubuntu-unity-desktop, ubuntucinnamon-desktop, ubuntucinnamon-desktop-raspi