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

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "alsa-source" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install alsa-source on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall alsa-source on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: alsa-source
Priority: optional
Section: universe/sound
Installed-Size: 4305
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian ALSA Maintainers
Architecture: all
Source: alsa-driver
Version: 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu5
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, make, gcc | c-compiler, dpkg-dev, debhelper (>= 5.0.37), debconf-utils, bzip2
Recommends: fakeroot, module-assistant, linux-headers
Suggests: kernel-package
Filename: pool/universe/a/alsa-driver/alsa-source_1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu5_all.deb
Size: 4127088
MD5sum: 784900114834d90b4327c2ec69b166e9
SHA1: fc72e7bae37759bdd840505a9799e5dd961dd4ee
SHA256: 4276b8c76688b3a779f9c1a491b1327c13630dc8769f2f1711e040d14ba4e214
Description-en: ALSA driver sources
This package contains the source code for the ALSA drivers.
The source code can be compiled into an alsa-modules package
using the m-a utility (available in the module-assistant
package). Please note that the kernel headers must be
installed to compile these modules. 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: 53e1b4fbfd16b147221d407941e1a35f
Homepage: http://www.alsa-project.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu