How to Install and Uninstall mpg123 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "mpg123" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install mpg123 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "mpg123" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall mpg123 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mpg123 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: mpg123
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.22.4-1ubuntu0.1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/sound
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 440
Provides: mpg123-oss-3dnow
Depends: libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libaudio2, libc6 (>= 2.15), libjack-jackd2-0 (>= 1.9.5~dfsg-14) | libjack-0.116, libltdl7 (>= 2.4.6), libmpg123-0 (>= 1.15.1), libopenal1 (>= 1.14), libportaudio2 (>= 19+svn20101113), libpulse0 (>= 0.99.1)
Suggests: alsa-utils, jackd, nas, oss-compat, oss4-base, pulseaudio
Replaces: mpg123-alsa, mpg123-esd, mpg123-nas, mpg123-oss-3dnow, mpg123-oss-i486
Filename: pool/universe/m/mpg123/mpg123_1.22.4-1ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
Size: 123126
MD5sum: 965e5aaffe68fc7931f4215872def547
SHA1: bccb084cc253c28d3f4dc6979d8bcea6c6c9c989
SHA256: f1ffc4505be18e3d922c70fb55d873da2e3f438707dce3e39f3b91342379a334
SHA512: 36f16c43e7e8c8b12d40e5e64fb34fcf21045dab008e43daaeb0e47afe0709dbc3895f2077f04febe80c94713b8edbf0d0d1cf22024e14052af59b01b3cd5610
Homepage: http://mpg123.org/
Description-en: MPEG layer 1/2/3 audio player
mpg123 is a real time MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 audio player/decoder for layers
1, 2 and 3 (MPEG 1.0 layer 3 also known as MP3).
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This package contains output plugins for several audio systems, including
OSS4, the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA), JACK, PortAudio,
PulseAudio, OpenAL and the Network Audio System (NAS).
Description-md5: 5ebabad0916ebd65863379ea1316b415

Package: mpg123
Priority: optional
Section: universe/sound
Installed-Size: 440
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.22.4-1
Replaces: mpg123-alsa, mpg123-esd, mpg123-nas, mpg123-oss-3dnow, mpg123-oss-i486
Provides: mpg123-oss-3dnow
Depends: libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libaudio2, libc6 (>= 2.15), libjack-jackd2-0 (>= 1.9.5~dfsg-14) | libjack-0.116, libltdl7 (>= 2.4.2), libmpg123-0 (>= 1.15.1), libopenal1 (>= 1.14), libportaudio2 (>= 19+svn20101113), libpulse0 (>= 0.99.1)
Suggests: alsa-utils, jackd, nas, oss-compat, oss4-base, pulseaudio
Filename: pool/universe/m/mpg123/mpg123_1.22.4-1_amd64.deb
Size: 123134
MD5sum: fd52e00b28c920731d306377c97aaaac
SHA1: ebb5bc5c712bc7513b3b683e41e9b9a597f793c0
SHA256: 3e5a0ae4775ff78e6cba308920132c8cb88469ee33f02ed87a87340249fd0f84
Description-en: MPEG layer 1/2/3 audio player
mpg123 is a real time MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 audio player/decoder for layers
1, 2 and 3 (MPEG 1.0 layer 3 also known as MP3).
.
This package contains output plugins for several audio systems, including
OSS4, the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA), JACK, PortAudio,
PulseAudio, OpenAL and the Network Audio System (NAS).
Description-md5: 5ebabad0916ebd65863379ea1316b415
Homepage: http://mpg123.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu