How To Install gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio on Ubuntu 20.04. gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio is GStreamer plugin for PulseAudio GStreamer plugin for PulseAudio

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio`

gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio is:

GStreamer is a streaming media framework, based on graphs of filters which operate on media data. Applications using this library can do anything from real-time sound processing to playing videos, and just about anything else media-related. Its plugin-based architecture means that new data types or processing capabilities can be added simply by installing new plug-ins.

This package contains the GStreamer plugin for PulseAudio, a sound server for POSIX and WIN32 systems. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop Gstreamer-Elements: pulsesink, pulsesrc Gstreamer-Version: 1.16

Package: gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.16.2-1ubuntu2 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: sound Source: gst-plugins-good1.0 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Maintainers of GStreamer packages [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 260 Provides: gstreamer1.0-audiosink, gstreamer1.0-audiosource Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.40), libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0 (>= 1.16.2), libgstreamer1.0-0 (>= 1.16.2), libpulse0 (>= 2.0) Filename: pool/main/g/gst-plugins-good1.0/gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio_1.16.2-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb Size: 87940 MD5sum: 7ed18ebbaf7e3f1b2c13c77434285a97 SHA1: 0afeb6028ce0a3009723f89dbdb129c71de10361 SHA256: c05f08c5d0d83a70d6aebcd378d27ba57f7cc37389eecd37522987d284e091da Homepage: https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org Description-en: GStreamer plugin for PulseAudio GStreamer is a streaming media framework, based on graphs of filters which operate on media data. Applications using this library can do anything from real-time sound processing to playing videos, and just about anything else media-related. Its plugin-based architecture means that new data types or processing capabilities can be added simply by installing new plug-ins.

There are three methods to install gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio

Install gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio

Install gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio 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 gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio

How To Uninstall gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio

Uninstall gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio

Remove gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio Configurations and Data

To remove gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio

Remove gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.