How to Install and Uninstall libportaudio2 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "libportaudio2" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install libportaudio2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install libportaudio2

2. Uninstall "libportaudio2" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libportaudio2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove libportaudio2 $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the libportaudio2 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libportaudio2
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 210
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian VoIP Team
Architecture: amd64
Source: portaudio19
Version: 19+svn20140130-1build1
Depends: libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libc6 (>= 2.15), libjack-jackd2-0 (>= 1.9.5~dfsg-14) | libjack-0.116
Filename: pool/main/p/portaudio19/libportaudio2_19+svn20140130-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 63890
MD5sum: 4eb9d7d43097fd5d0e9dfd1761c31a91
SHA1: 8ef679430ad60870db6f736ebea5be0566adecf0
SHA256: 1ac52385782001c1ca57799db33431581912dd08a425131cf477f2e6fe24dd28
Description-en: Portable audio I/O - shared library
PortAudio is a portable audio I/O library designed for cross-platform
support of audio. It uses a callback mechanism to request audio
processing. Audio can be generated in various formats, including 32
bit floating point, and will be converted to the native format
internally.
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This package contains the shared library.
Description-md5: a71bbbd00a98fe093b85cc97ff79e9ae
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.portaudio.com/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop