How to Install and Uninstall oss-compat Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "oss-compat" package

Please follow the instructions below to install oss-compat on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                oss-compat
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "oss-compat" package

Learn how to uninstall oss-compat on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: oss-compat
Priority: extra
Section: universe/sound
Installed-Size: 47
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Games Team
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6
Depends: kmod
Recommends: osspd
Filename: pool/universe/o/oss-compat/oss-compat_6_amd64.deb
Size: 5056
MD5sum: be82d3f39a3dfd69f4fb6a5d01818aaa
SHA1: 7af61b612615f854fdb14833bcbbb0339ebeaa5d
SHA256: 595e1381ad4e1a1202fdd2b518fe837a5076b4df527bb1d2a762272101bf221e
Description-en: Open Sound System (OSS) compatibility package
This package ensures that Open Sound System support is provided in
some way. On Linux, it enables the ALSA compatibility modules. On
other kernels where OSS is the default interface, no action is
taken.
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The purpose of this package is for applications that only support OSS
to depend on it, hence preventing common "/dev/dsp not found" errors
that would confuse unexperienced users.
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On Linux platforms a better approach nowadays is to use osspd, which
emulates OSS devices using ALSA or PulseAudio.
Description-md5: bda05940fba28a152a4c13a58ad86e74
Multi-Arch: foreign
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu