How To Install alsaplayer-oss on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install alsaplayer-oss on Ubuntu.
What is alsaplayer-oss
alsaplayer-oss is:
This package provides a module for alsaplayer, an audio player, that will output the sound through OSS devices.
There are three methods to install alsaplayer-oss on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install alsaplayer-oss Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install alsaplayer-oss using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install alsaplayer-oss
Install alsaplayer-oss Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install alsaplayer-oss using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install alsaplayer-oss
Install alsaplayer-oss Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install alsaplayer-oss using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install alsaplayer-oss
How To Uninstall alsaplayer-oss on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the alsaplayer-oss package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove alsaplayer-oss
Uninstall alsaplayer-oss And Its Dependencies
To uninstall alsaplayer-oss and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove alsaplayer-oss
Remove alsaplayer-oss Configurations and Data
To remove alsaplayer-oss configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge alsaplayer-oss
Remove alsaplayer-oss configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove alsaplayer-oss configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge alsaplayer-oss
Dependencies
alsaplayer-oss have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install alsaplayer-oss package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.