How To Install libasound2 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libasound2 on Ubuntu 20.04. libasound2 is shared library for ALSA applications shared library for ALSA applications shared library for ALSA applications

Introduction

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

What is `libasound2`

libasound2 is:

This package contains the ALSA library and its standard plugins, as well as the required configuration files.

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 Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: libs Installed-Size: 1122 Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Architecture: amd64 Multi-Arch: same Source: alsa-lib Version: 1.2.2-2.1ubuntu2.3 Depends: libasound2-data (>= 1.2.2-2.1ubuntu2.3), libc6 (>= 2.29) Suggests: libasound2-plugins (>= 1.0.24) Breaks: alsa-ucm-conf (<= 1.2.2-1ubuntu0.1), alsa-utils (« 1.2.1) Description-en: shared library for ALSA applications This package contains the ALSA library and its standard plugins, as well as the required configuration files.

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

Package: libasound2 Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.2.2-2.1 Multi-Arch: same 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: 1104 Depends: libasound2-data (>= 1.2.2-2.1), libc6 (>= 2.29) Suggests: libasound2-plugins (>= 1.0.24) Breaks: alsa-utils (« 1.2.1) Filename: pool/main/a/alsa-lib/libasound2_1.2.2-2.1_amd64.deb Size: 328372 MD5sum: f2114a59fdf0984df69951bbe0abf64a SHA1: b833fc932afcf687ca33311311232ce8092453ce SHA256: 796e8aeb6e1bbca8f2528c86516e6aa26fdfe0e4178672d8a8885c001e9df47d Homepage: https://www.alsa-project.org/ Description-en: shared library for ALSA applications This package contains the ALSA library and its standard plugins, as well as the required configuration files.

There are three methods to install libasound2 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libasound2

Install libasound2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libasound2

Install libasound2 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 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libasound2

How To Uninstall libasound2 on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libasound2

Uninstall libasound2 And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libasound2

Remove libasound2 Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libasound2

Remove libasound2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libasound2

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Summary

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