How To Install oss4-source on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install oss4-source
on Ubuntu 22.04.
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.
There are three methods to install oss4-source
on Ubuntu 22.04. 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 22.04
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 22.04, 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 22.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install oss4-source
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.