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

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "sox" package

This tutorial shows how to install sox on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                sox
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "sox" package

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


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

Package: sox
Architecture: amd64
Version: 14.4.1-5+deb8u4ubuntu0.1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/sound
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Pascal Giard
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 201
Depends: libsox-fmt-alsa (= 14.4.1-5+deb8u4ubuntu0.1) | libsox-fmt-ao (= 14.4.1-5+deb8u4ubuntu0.1) | libsox-fmt-oss (= 14.4.1-5+deb8u4ubuntu0.1) | libsox-fmt-pulse (= 14.4.1-5+deb8u4ubuntu0.1), libsox-fmt-base (= 14.4.1-5+deb8u4ubuntu0.1), libsox2 (= 14.4.1-5+deb8u4ubuntu0.1), libc6 (>= 2.15)
Suggests: libsox-fmt-all
Filename: pool/universe/s/sox/sox_14.4.1-5+deb8u4ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
Size: 97384
MD5sum: aa0fa50546a5424d2a31504f3c97bd56
SHA1: 72cb07a9331ad7e15f677921de55b61b3a1911df
SHA256: e5e39956ab570ffc7e0198f72f94e4c6cd4a800680f0ee5873d1c9eee53af98e
SHA512: f6cb1250fc602f26f3bd5a00ac6cb5b83b267d8206a54d166d87713bc4014b29050c38d82d43bac25cd89a8fe91aee0e3d2798c01a7067d12ea23a1d715e2f1e
Homepage: http://sox.sourceforge.net
Description-en: Swiss army knife of sound processing
SoX is a command line utility that can convert various formats of computer
audio files in to other formats. It can also apply various effects to these
sound files during the conversion. As an added bonus, SoX can play and record
audio files on several unix-style platforms.
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SoX is able to handle formats like Ogg Vorbis, MP3, WAV, AIFF, VOC, SND, AU,
GSM and several more.
Any format support requires at least libsox-fmt-base. Some formats have their
own package e.g. mp3 read and write support is provided by libsox-fmt-mp3.
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SoX supports most common sound architectures i.e. Alsa, Libao, OSS and Pulse
(respectively provided by libsox-fmt-alsa, libsox-fmt-ao, libsox-fmt-oss and
libsox-fmt-pulse). It also supports LADSPA plugins.
Description-md5: 333cd274ebee7570f357dafba9b6461d
Task: mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, ubuntustudio-video
Supported: 3y

Package: sox
Priority: optional
Section: universe/sound
Installed-Size: 225
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Pascal Giard
Architecture: amd64
Version: 14.4.1-5
Depends: libsox-fmt-alsa (= 14.4.1-5) | libsox-fmt-ao (= 14.4.1-5) | libsox-fmt-oss (= 14.4.1-5) | libsox-fmt-pulse (= 14.4.1-5), libsox-fmt-base (= 14.4.1-5), libsox2 (= 14.4.1-5), libc6 (>= 2.15)
Suggests: libsox-fmt-all
Filename: pool/universe/s/sox/sox_14.4.1-5_amd64.deb
Size: 97562
MD5sum: af86dfc4c01860117089791dfb172ae9
SHA1: c7290153e2c9b1c1f8e2ab7c7a5af0421ce4bbee
SHA256: bf91e2d6f7359b2e986b0f7244dff5fa198c59f664334842eb10f3149f846b2c
Description-en: Swiss army knife of sound processing
SoX is a command line utility that can convert various formats of computer
audio files in to other formats. It can also apply various effects to these
sound files during the conversion. As an added bonus, SoX can play and record
audio files on several unix-style platforms.
.
SoX is able to handle formats like Ogg Vorbis, MP3, WAV, AIFF, VOC, SND, AU,
GSM and several more.
Any format support requires at least libsox-fmt-base. Some formats have their
own package e.g. mp3 read and write support is provided by libsox-fmt-mp3.
.
SoX supports most common sound architectures i.e. Alsa, Libao, OSS and Pulse
(respectively provided by libsox-fmt-alsa, libsox-fmt-ao, libsox-fmt-oss and
libsox-fmt-pulse). It also supports LADSPA plugins.
Description-md5: 333cd274ebee7570f357dafba9b6461d
Homepage: http://sox.sourceforge.net
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 3y
Task: mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, ubuntustudio-video