How do I install alsa-lib from launchpad?

Question

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-lib

What do I click on to install that for Vivid Vervet?

Solution

alsa-lib_1.0.28-1 is in the package libasound2_1.0.28-1, a shared library for ALSA applications.

To install open a terminal and install with:

sudo apt-get install libasound2

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Explanation:

On this page, we read:

alsa-lib package in Ubuntu
libasound2: shared library for ALSA applications
libasound2-data: Configuration files and profiles for ALSA drivers
libasound2-dbg: debugging symbols for libasound2
libasound2-dev: shared library for ALSA applications -- development files
libasound2-doc: documentation for user-space ALSA application programming
libasound2-udeb: shared library for ALSA applications (udeb)

Or we can start a search and count two and two together.:

apt-file search alsa-lib

Comments

[Michaeljwjr]

Thank you that worked but how do I know in the future how to install from the launchpad like that.

[A.B.]

I have improved my answer

[saiarcot895]

You would also need to run sudo apt-file update before searching for a file.