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

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "alsa-oss" package

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


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

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


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

Package: alsa-oss
Priority: optional
Section: universe/sound
Installed-Size: 131
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian ALSA Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.0.28-1ubuntu1
Depends: libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libc6 (>= 2.15)
Pre-Depends: multiarch-support
Filename: pool/universe/a/alsa-oss/alsa-oss_1.0.28-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 28914
MD5sum: 1c28b15db11206278b334df7ee391820
SHA1: 57e2e2c858bdcf26c4239dc6238799a3ae721b78
SHA256: 4f448a81ae056358362b51d39f3d2e8a6da7c297e59c34fe7d67fcabe588040e
Description-en: ALSA wrapper for OSS applications
This package contains a program loader, aoss, which wraps
applications written for OSS in a compatibility library,
thus allowing them to work with ALSA.
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There are two ways of getting an application to work with
ALSA if the application was written for OSS. The first way
is to load the special ALSA drivers that emulate the OSS
kernel interface; these allow the application to open
/dev/dsp0 and other OSS device files. The second way is
to wrap the application in the libaoss library provided
in this package; the wrapper causes the application to
access native ALSA device files such as /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c
instead of OSS device files.
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Use of the alsa-oss library is recommended over the use of
OSS-emulation drivers if you want to use ALSA's PCM plugin
layer.
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ALSA is the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture.
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OSS is the free version of the Open Sound System.
Description-md5: 7e1413025cd44f9937186b01e353aed0
Homepage: http://www.alsa-project.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu