How to Install and Uninstall osspd-alsa Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "osspd-alsa" package

This tutorial shows how to install osspd-alsa on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                osspd-alsa
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "osspd-alsa" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall osspd-alsa on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: osspd-alsa
Priority: optional
Section: universe/sound
Installed-Size: 38
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Ralf Jung
Architecture: amd64
Source: osspd
Version: 1.3.2-7
Replaces: osspd (<< 1.3.2-4)
Provides: osspd-backend
Depends: libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libc6 (>= 2.14)
Recommends: osspd
Breaks: osspd (<< 1.3.2-4)
Filename: pool/universe/o/osspd/osspd-alsa_1.3.2-7_amd64.deb
Size: 11584
MD5sum: 9a6572f0e5cb9a07e7ea3cd18ad9d6fd
SHA1: bbb8c36488e75273265280361a486b3b34574803
SHA256: 7ad7c089a5868e957a17065d20e88cdae211bfb065c8170e41fb6c6c7982bdfe
Description-en: OSS Proxy Daemon: ALSA backend (experimental)
OSS Proxy Daemon is a Linux userland OSS sound device (/dev/[a]dsp and
/dev/mixer) implementation using CUSE. Currently it supports
forwarding OSS sound streams to PulseAudio and ALSA.
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This package contains the experimental ALSA backend for osspd.
Description-md5: b7a1f3818df02903703285718e5eb492
Homepage: http://sourceforge.net/projects/osspd/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu