How to Install and Uninstall alsa-base Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "alsa-base" package

Please follow the steps below to install alsa-base on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall alsa-base on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                alsa-base
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the alsa-base package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: alsa-base
Priority: optional
Section: sound
Installed-Size: 464
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian ALSA Maintainers
Architecture: all
Source: alsa-driver
Version: 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu5
Provides: alsa
Depends: kmod (>= 17-1), linux-sound-base, udev
Recommends: alsa-utils
Suggests: apmd (>= 3.0.2-1), alsa-oss, oss-compat
Filename: pool/main/a/alsa-driver/alsa-base_1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu5_all.deb
Size: 145082
MD5sum: ddc42aa52d04987edc96b7a6e453ee79
SHA1: 312c589b56c796fb13a4827aac4077e07831063c
SHA256: ee2fb0a2bcab12e45393a8953c66b4d6f91b731535088063f7b72a8e535d137b
Description-en: ALSA driver configuration files
This package contains various configuration files for
the ALSA drivers.
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For ALSA to work on a system with a given sound card,
there must be an ALSA driver for that card in the kernel.
Linux 2.6 as shipped in linux-image packages contains
ALSA drivers for all supported sound cards in the form
of loadable modules. A custom alsa-modules package can
be built from the sources in the alsa-source package
using the m-a utility (included in the module-assistant
package). 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: 14d30d1beb8026b3d2636c32c5a92cca
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.alsa-project.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-desktop, lubuntu-core, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntu-touch-core, ubuntu-touch, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop