How To Install libasound2-plugin-smixer on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libasound2-plugin-smixer on Debian 9. libasound2-plugin-smixer is smixer plugin for ALSA library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libasound2-plugin-smixer on Debian 9.

What is libasound2-plugin-smixer

libasound2-plugin-smixer is:

This package contains the smixer (Simple Mixer) interface for the ALSA library.

ALSA is the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture.

There are three methods to install libasound2-plugin-smixer 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 libasound2-plugin-smixer Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libasound2-plugin-smixer using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libasound2-plugin-smixer

Install libasound2-plugin-smixer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libasound2-plugin-smixer using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libasound2-plugin-smixer

Install libasound2-plugin-smixer 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 libasound2-plugin-smixer using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libasound2-plugin-smixer

How To Uninstall libasound2-plugin-smixer on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libasound2-plugin-smixer package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libasound2-plugin-smixer

Uninstall libasound2-plugin-smixer And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libasound2-plugin-smixer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libasound2-plugin-smixer

Remove libasound2-plugin-smixer Configurations and Data

To remove libasound2-plugin-smixer configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libasound2-plugin-smixer

Remove libasound2-plugin-smixer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libasound2-plugin-smixer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libasound2-plugin-smixer

Dependencies

libasound2-plugin-smixer have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libasound2-plugin-smixer package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.