How To Install oss4-base on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install oss4-base on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is oss4-base
oss4-base is:
Open Sound System (OSS) is an attempt in unifying the digital audio architecture for UNIX.
This package contains various utilities for configuring and using OSS
For OSS to work on a system with a given sound card, there must be an OSS driver for that card in the kernel. For Linux, a custom oss4-modules package can be built from the sources in the oss4-source package using the module-assistant utility.
There are three methods to install oss4-base 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 oss4-base 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-base using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install oss4-base
Install oss4-base Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install oss4-base using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install oss4-base
Install oss4-base 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-base using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install oss4-base
How To Uninstall oss4-base on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the oss4-base package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove oss4-base
Uninstall oss4-base And Its Dependencies
To uninstall oss4-base and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove oss4-base
Remove oss4-base Configurations and Data
To remove oss4-base configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge oss4-base
Remove oss4-base configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove oss4-base configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge oss4-base
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install oss4-base package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
