How to Install and Uninstall libsox-fmt-base Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 28,2024

1. Install "libsox-fmt-base" package

Please follow the guidance below to install libsox-fmt-base on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install libsox-fmt-base

2. Uninstall "libsox-fmt-base" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libsox-fmt-base on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove libsox-fmt-base $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the libsox-fmt-base package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libsox-fmt-base
Architecture: amd64
Version: 14.4.1-5+deb8u4ubuntu0.1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: universe/sound
Source: sox
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Pascal Giard
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 331
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libflac8 (>= 1.3.0), libgsm1 (>= 1.0.13), libogg0 (>= 1.0rc3), libopencore-amrnb0, libopencore-amrwb0, libsndfile1 (>= 1.0.20), libsox2 (>= 14.4.0), libvorbis0a (>= 1.1.2), libvorbisenc2 (>= 1.1.2), libvorbisfile3 (>= 1.1.2), libwavpack1 (>= 4.40.0)
Replaces: libsox-fmt-flac, libsox-fmt-gsm, libsox-fmt-libsndfile, libsox-fmt-ogg, libsox-fmt-sndfile
Filename: pool/universe/s/sox/libsox-fmt-base_14.4.1-5+deb8u4ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
Size: 28710
MD5sum: 68c486044a6801d6c30d90075d0e761d
SHA1: 44f65f0923fdaf9d36a44a6211fc3b3010bede7b
SHA256: 0263c659ac53a387b2b6f2d357ca4c76238c74bd4ff54f4b7e7fa1aeefe0af58
SHA512: 8a3e7dbabaf09bf9cf4c1f8a97d8e45f33c3c7c4304d517a45c6384740eb78669e77dbf82f09eae57565c4af4b7db3184bbbec153cf56f921f52b9ebb1d501b5
Homepage: http://sox.sourceforge.net
Description-en: Minimal set of SoX format libraries
SoX is the swiss army knife of sound processing.
.
This package contains most audio formats libraries supported by SoX.
Among them: Ogg Vorbis, WAV, AIFF, VOC, SND, AU, GSM, WavPack, LPC10, FLAC,
MATLAB/GNU Octave, Portable Voice Format, AMR and Sound Forge Audio Format.
Description-md5: fc214ce72f54b2e2a1e1106e98cd66ef
Task: mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-graphics
Supported: 3y

Package: libsox-fmt-base
Priority: optional
Section: universe/sound
Installed-Size: 2394
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Pascal Giard
Architecture: amd64
Source: sox
Version: 14.4.1-5
Replaces: libsox-fmt-flac, libsox-fmt-gsm, libsox-fmt-libsndfile, libsox-fmt-ogg, libsox-fmt-sndfile
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libflac8 (>= 1.3.0), libgsm1 (>= 1.0.13), libogg0 (>= 1.0rc3), libopencore-amrnb0, libopencore-amrwb0, libsndfile1 (>= 1.0.20), libsox2, libvorbis0a (>= 1.1.2), libvorbisenc2 (>= 1.1.2), libvorbisfile3 (>= 1.1.2), libwavpack1 (>= 4.40.0)
Filename: pool/universe/s/sox/libsox-fmt-base_14.4.1-5_amd64.deb
Size: 29244
MD5sum: f0161168ec2d40d34e827c71129c5a7e
SHA1: 09244f9f1c8e67ee34cf613fd07ffdbdbd9596f4
SHA256: e46153a3feeaebdf7d9c8efa7407b4c6083c122bde12700d696869bc7d82f1c9
Description-en: Minimal set of SoX format libraries
SoX is the swiss army knife of sound processing.
.
This package contains most audio formats libraries supported by SoX.
Among them: Ogg Vorbis, WAV, AIFF, VOC, SND, AU, GSM, WavPack, LPC10, FLAC,
MATLAB/GNU Octave, Portable Voice Format, AMR and Sound Forge Audio Format.
Description-md5: fc214ce72f54b2e2a1e1106e98cd66ef
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://sox.sourceforge.net
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 3y
Task: mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-graphics