How To Install libasound2-data on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libasound2-data on Ubuntu 20.04. libasound2-data is Configuration files and profiles for ALSA drivers Configuration files and profiles for ALSA drivers Configuration files and profiles for ALSA drivers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libasound2-data on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `libasound2-data`

libasound2-data is:

This package contains configuration files for ALSA drivers.

ALSA is the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture. Task: server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, cloud-image, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: libasound2-data Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: libs Installed-Size: 215 Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Architecture: all Multi-Arch: foreign Source: alsa-lib Version: 1.2.2-2.1ubuntu2.3 Replaces: libasound2 (« 1.2.2-2.1ubuntu2.3) Recommends: alsa-ucm-conf, alsa-topology-conf Suggests: alsa-utils Breaks: libasound2 (« 1.2.2-2.1ubuntu2.3) Description-en: Configuration files and profiles for ALSA drivers This package contains configuration files for ALSA drivers.

ALSA is the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture. Original-Maintainer: Debian ALSA Maintainers [email protected] Homepage: https://www.alsa-project.org/

Package: libasound2-data Architecture: all Version: 1.2.2-2.1 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: libs Source: alsa-lib Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian ALSA Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 213 Recommends: alsa-ucm-conf, alsa-topology-conf Suggests: alsa-utils Breaks: libasound2 (« 1.2.2-2.1) Replaces: libasound2 (« 1.2.2-2.1) Filename: pool/main/a/alsa-lib/libasound2-data_1.2.2-2.1_all.deb Size: 19028 MD5sum: e87de9db443c93ce19f058c3852214a0 SHA1: cfb3c41f1b24623c7c002c10b258d749cc55f42a SHA256: ba0b40483f57adc8ebbfbf7a82d9d3f370c1fad2be8d219667f2ef5774baaa52 Homepage: https://www.alsa-project.org/ Description-en: Configuration files and profiles for ALSA drivers This package contains configuration files for ALSA drivers.

There are three methods to install libasound2-data on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libasound2-data Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libasound2-data using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libasound2-data

Install libasound2-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libasound2-data using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libasound2-data

Install libasound2-data 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 libasound2-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libasound2-data

How To Uninstall libasound2-data on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libasound2-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libasound2-data

Uninstall libasound2-data And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libasound2-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libasound2-data

Remove libasound2-data Configurations and Data

To remove libasound2-data configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libasound2-data

Remove libasound2-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libasound2-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libasound2-data

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libasound2-data package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.