How to Install and Uninstall libasound2-plugins-extra Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "libasound2-plugins-extra" package

This is a short guide on how to install libasound2-plugins-extra on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libasound2-plugins-extra" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libasound2-plugins-extra on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libasound2-plugins-extra
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libasound2-plugins-extra package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libasound2-plugins-extra
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libs
Installed-Size: 60
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian ALSA Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: alsa-plugins-extra
Version: 1.0.28-1ubuntu5
Depends: libasound2 (>= 1.0.27), libavcodec-ffmpeg56 (>= 7:2.4) | libavcodec-ffmpeg-extra56 (>= 7:2.4), libavutil-ffmpeg54 (>= 7:2.4), libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/universe/a/alsa-plugins-extra/libasound2-plugins-extra_1.0.28-1ubuntu5_amd64.deb
Size: 11850
MD5sum: b53605655188a695312c06fc11765043
SHA1: cce4235dada9b2d5d833112595ae948ad5531bce
SHA256: 019c82df98fe0cec413ddd4c2b59baae1f541339b5fc8e7dbf3cc415746281f7
Description-en: ALSA library additional plugins
This package contains plugins for the ALSA library that are
not included in the main libasound2 or libasound2-plugins packages.
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The following plugins are included:
- a52: S16 to A52 stream converter
- lavcrate: rate converter
Description-md5: 239938700cee737a3421c2c0ffc3fbde
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.alsa-project.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu