How to uninstall or remove alsa-oss software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to uninstall or remove alsa-oss software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

You can uninstall or removes an installed alsa-oss package itself from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) through the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get remove alsa-oss 

Uninstall alsa-oss including dependent package

If you would like to remove alsa-oss and it's dependent packages which are no longer needed from Ubuntu,

$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove alsa-oss 
Use Purging alsa-oss

If you use with purge options to alsa-oss package all the configuration and dependent packages will be removed.

$ sudo apt-get purge alsa-oss 

If you use purge options along with auto remove, will be removed everything regarding the package, It's really useful when you want to reinstall again.

$ sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove alsa-oss 

See Also,

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