How to Install and Uninstall libsox2 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "libsox2" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libsox2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install libsox2

2. Uninstall "libsox2" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libsox2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove libsox2 $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the libsox2 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libsox2
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: 638
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.22), libgomp1 (>= 4.9), libgsm1 (>= 1.0.13), libltdl7 (>= 2.4.6), libmagic1 (>= 5.12), libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: libsox-fmt-alsa | libsox-fmt-ao | libsox-fmt-oss | libsox-fmt-pulse, libsox-fmt-base
Suggests: libsox-fmt-all
Conflicts: libsox0, libsox0a, libsox1, libsox1a
Replaces: libsox1b
Filename: pool/universe/s/sox/libsox2_14.4.1-5+deb8u4ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
Size: 225918
MD5sum: f7b9e393788fd68984451a361a2164ef
SHA1: a420ac0dcbb6fdf5c729e97b8b6531c9dd96a75f
SHA256: c8fdfb63bb44d06cb3bf968c687de5299ef95e7b658f6991c783c780228dbdda
SHA512: 5a0a50449302b85670911f19f7ac0232f594a9b0d782aaf504dab92e5e1e7ce5fc8eb1b10bfcf18e004f5e6443bae3a8da3669c438974131809f08628f2b6fc8
Homepage: http://sox.sourceforge.net
Description-en: SoX library of audio effects and processing
SoX is the swiss army knife of sound processing.
.
This package contains the SoX library which enables to convert various formats
of computer audio files in to other formats. It also allows you to apply
various effects to sound files.
.
Any format support requires at least libsox-fmt-base.
Sound card I/O requires libsox-fmt-alsa, libsox-fmt-ao, libsox-fmt-oss or
libsox-fmt-pulse.
Description-md5: 011f5899bd270f4751d3d576103dd307
Task: mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-graphics
Supported: 3y

Package: libsox2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/sound
Installed-Size: 665
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Pascal Giard
Architecture: amd64
Source: sox
Version: 14.4.1-5
Replaces: libsox1b
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgomp1 (>= 4.9), libgsm1 (>= 1.0.13), libltdl7 (>= 2.4.2), libmagic1 (>= 5.12), libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Pre-Depends: multiarch-support
Recommends: libsox-fmt-alsa | libsox-fmt-ao | libsox-fmt-oss | libsox-fmt-pulse, libsox-fmt-base
Suggests: libsox-fmt-all
Conflicts: libsox0, libsox0a, libsox1, libsox1a
Filename: pool/universe/s/sox/libsox2_14.4.1-5_amd64.deb
Size: 229112
MD5sum: a3a11000e079893806072134dcff9958
SHA1: 28724351161e8e406e7a639d3252b419eacdd3c7
SHA256: f96692aea47d058fb36db72ca7f656ceaad94d2a21d82704aa8d28fa0ab84e88
Description-en: SoX library of audio effects and processing
SoX is the swiss army knife of sound processing.
.
This package contains the SoX library which enables to convert various formats
of computer audio files in to other formats. It also allows you to apply
various effects to sound files.
.
Any format support requires at least libsox-fmt-base.
Sound card I/O requires libsox-fmt-alsa, libsox-fmt-ao, libsox-fmt-oss or
libsox-fmt-pulse.
Description-md5: 011f5899bd270f4751d3d576103dd307
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