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

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "alsa-tools" package

This tutorial shows how to install alsa-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall alsa-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: alsa-tools
Priority: extra
Section: universe/sound
Installed-Size: 202
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian ALSA Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.1.0-0ubuntu1
Replaces: as10k1
Provides: as10k1
Depends: libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libc6 (>= 2.7), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1)
Conflicts: as10k1
Filename: pool/universe/a/alsa-tools/alsa-tools_1.1.0-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 56990
MD5sum: 37989333b95c4b6c7c2b477a8fbaf8ac
SHA1: 2e0c8202449d574f8509d447debcc859546b906a
SHA256: 579217dd5e08c51909bfca015345021e57387bda5d7c60e9930f5bb71f65d687
Description-en: Console based ALSA utilities for specific hardware
A collection of console-based utilities for specific sound hardware:
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as10k1 - An assembler for the EMU10K1 (EMU10K2) DSP chip
hda-verb - send HD-audio commands to Intel HDA devices
sbiload - OPL2/3 FM instrument loader for the ALSA sequencer
us428control - Controller utility for Tascam US-X2Y
Description-md5: 4d64eace7e51fb1fc1a18ed780ee5e62
Homepage: http://www.alsa-project.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 3y
Task: ubuntustudio-audio