How To Install oss4-source on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install oss4-source on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is oss4-source
oss4-source is:
This package provides the source code for the OSS4 kernel modules, in a form suitable for use by module-assistant.
Package: oss4-source Architecture: amd64 Version: 4.2-build2010-5ubuntu5 Priority: optional Section: universe/sound Source: oss4 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian OSS4 Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 807 Depends: debhelper, dpkg-dev, make, module-assistant Filename: pool/universe/o/oss4/oss4-source_4.2-build2010-5ubuntu5_amd64.deb Size: 809192 MD5sum: 0ee58e08eb5571b8c898483ae8061b61 SHA1: 57c965d42df15d3fa15cc4f6db9176e4567739c9 SHA256: 9aa4b59e746ea6f9748b6a6e1cbf84c3736d5c8fb6f3025352962da6bbeae7a7 Description-en: Open Sound System - drivers sources This package provides the source code for the OSS4 kernel modules, in a form suitable for use by module-assistant.
There are three methods to install oss4-source 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 oss4-source Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install oss4-source using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install oss4-source
Install oss4-source Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install oss4-source using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install oss4-source
Install oss4-source 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 oss4-source using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install oss4-source
How To Uninstall oss4-source on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the oss4-source package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove oss4-source
Uninstall oss4-source And Its Dependencies
To uninstall oss4-source and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove oss4-source
Remove oss4-source Configurations and Data
To remove oss4-source configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge oss4-source
Remove oss4-source configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove oss4-source configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge oss4-source
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install oss4-source package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
