How to Install alsa-base software package in Debian 9 (Stretch)

How to Install alsa-base software package in Debian 9 (Stretch)

alsa-base software package provides dummy package to ease purging of obsolete conffiles, you can install in your Debian 9 (Stretch) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install alsa-base 

alsa-base is installed in your system.

Make ensure the alsa-base package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep alsa-base *

You will get with alsa-base package name, version, architecture and description in a table

alsa-base package basic information:

Distro Debian 9 stretch
Section Sound
Package alsa-base
Version 1.0.27+1
Description dummy package to ease purging of obsolete conffiles
Sub Section Sound


See Also, How to uninstall or remove alsa-base software package from Debian 9 (Stretch)?