How To Install esound-common on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install esound-common on Debian 9. esound-common is Enlightened Sound Daemon - Common files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install esound-common on Debian 9.

What is esound-common

esound-common is:

This program is designed to mix together several digitized audio streams for playback by a single device.

This package contains the documentation and configuration files.

There are three methods to install esound-common on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install esound-common Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install esound-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install esound-common

Install esound-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install esound-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install esound-common

Install esound-common 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install esound-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install esound-common

How To Uninstall esound-common on Debian 9

To uninstall only the esound-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove esound-common

Uninstall esound-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall esound-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove esound-common

Remove esound-common Configurations and Data

To remove esound-common configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge esound-common

Remove esound-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove esound-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge esound-common

Dependencies

esound-common have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install esound-common package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.