How To Install libdssialsacompat-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdssialsacompat-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libdssialsacompat-dev
libdssialsacompat-dev is:
libdssialsacompat is simply an extraction from and repackaging of the code from alsa-lib, necessary to support DSSI on non-ALSA systems.
libdssialsacompat is intended to provide the snd_seq_event_t declarations and handling code necessary to compile and use DSSI on non-ALSA systems. It aims to allows compiling DSSI code with as little change as possible, while not presenting itself in such a way as to fool other autoconf-enabled code into thinking a system has ALSA.
This library does NOT provide any sort of emulation of the ALSA audio, MIDI, or sequencer devices. The only part of ALSA that is required by the DSSI specification is the snd_seq_event_t definition and handling, and that is all libdssialsacompat is intended to replace. Other ALSA code should be ported to native facilities.
This package provides the development files.
There are three methods to install libdssialsacompat-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libdssialsacompat-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libdssialsacompat-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdssialsacompat-dev
Install libdssialsacompat-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdssialsacompat-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdssialsacompat-dev
Install libdssialsacompat-dev 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 libdssialsacompat-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdssialsacompat-dev
How To Uninstall libdssialsacompat-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libdssialsacompat-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdssialsacompat-dev
Uninstall libdssialsacompat-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdssialsacompat-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdssialsacompat-dev
Remove libdssialsacompat-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libdssialsacompat-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdssialsacompat-dev
Remove libdssialsacompat-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdssialsacompat-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdssialsacompat-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdssialsacompat-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
