How to Install and Uninstall phonon-backend-null Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "phonon-backend-null" package

Please follow the instructions below to install phonon-backend-null on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "phonon-backend-null" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall phonon-backend-null 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 phonon-backend-null package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: phonon-backend-null
Priority: optional
Section: universe/sound
Installed-Size: 44
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian/Kubuntu Qt/KDE Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: phonon
Version: 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu3
Provides: phonon-backend
Depends: libphonon4, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Conflicts: phonon-backend
Filename: pool/universe/p/phonon/phonon-backend-null_4.8.3-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 9474
MD5sum: c041baac3d6bcf1c87f38dec3e9be308
SHA1: dffba0f6a557d4a5bfa370c4fa799ad0f4251816
SHA256: 1f0c1e431a28c0351eaef8f9673b08a2444ef8bafc110f53a6e695c57725ee86
Description-en: multimedia framework from KDE - null back-end (no real back-end)
Phonon is the Qt 4 multimedia API, which provides a task-oriented abstraction
layer for capturing, mixing, processing, and playing audio and video content.
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This package does not provide any real Phonon back-end. It can be used to
disable Phonon audio/video capabilities. Please note that Phonon behavior
with this package installed has not been well tested.
Description-md5: b98d0d9696e3350cabdd00605934fc22
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://phonon.kde.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu