How to Install and Uninstall oss4-base Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "oss4-base" package

This guide let you learn how to install oss4-base on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                oss4-base
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "oss4-base" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall oss4-base on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                oss4-base
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the oss4-base package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: oss4-base
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.2-build2010-5ubuntu1~16.04.2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/sound
Source: oss4
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian OSS4 Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 952
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Recommends: pm-utils
Suggests: oss4-modules
Breaks: linux-sound-base
Replaces: linux-sound-base
Filename: pool/universe/o/oss4/oss4-base_4.2-build2010-5ubuntu1~16.04.2_amd64.deb
Size: 528548
MD5sum: 4f1dba7e8dce76539d3b10c96318a8d4
SHA1: 4dde4e6aec3ca1cf82aff2fc6b7e14906224421e
SHA256: 6dfedd19974832922fc51fd29ebdb6429012e207ca783a9d5ca40010e6da0aed
SHA512: e1a32d655179d8416727439da437006a480e841a7fb93d9e364fd698c27995200ca0689874830e4fd3b26dfc6aeaa2c702d714e0939f69e2588ff304ceaa461f
Description-en: Open Sound System - base package
Open Sound System (OSS) is an attempt in unifying
the digital audio architecture for UNIX.
.
This package contains various utilities for configuring
and using OSS
.
For OSS to work on a system with a given sound card, there must be
an OSS driver for that card in the kernel. For Linux,
a custom oss4-modules package can be built from the sources
in the oss4-source package using the module-assistant utility.
Description-md5: 0d56cd4a203c4dc1e4fd1d26c1be5b38

Package: oss4-base
Priority: optional
Section: universe/sound
Installed-Size: 951
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian OSS4 Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: oss4
Version: 4.2-build2010-5
Replaces: linux-sound-base
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Recommends: pm-utils
Suggests: oss4-modules
Breaks: linux-sound-base
Filename: pool/universe/o/oss4/oss4-base_4.2-build2010-5_amd64.deb
Size: 531182
MD5sum: 7e4df48aa60c6a9bbe8d72c7c8a293ba
SHA1: 7f53a3c69b42ccaef4faee09ce3b272bd92f839f
SHA256: 5d930df4354a8918a1b45f071ae0741e2d98b7a687fca5f37b688703ef499e25
Description-en: Open Sound System - base package
Open Sound System (OSS) is an attempt in unifying
the digital audio architecture for UNIX.
.
This package contains various utilities for configuring
and using OSS
.
For OSS to work on a system with a given sound card, there must be
an OSS driver for that card in the kernel. For Linux,
a custom oss4-modules package can be built from the sources
in the oss4-source package using the module-assistant utility.
Description-md5: 0d56cd4a203c4dc1e4fd1d26c1be5b38
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu