How To Install libasound2-plugin-smixer on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libasound2-plugin-smixer on Ubuntu 20.04.
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.
Package: libasound2-plugin-smixer Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.2.2-2.1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: universe/libs Source: alsa-lib Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian ALSA Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 69 Depends: libasound2 (= 1.2.2-2.1), libc6 (>= 2.14), libpython3.8 (>= 3.8.2) Filename: pool/universe/a/alsa-lib/libasound2-plugin-smixer_1.2.2-2.1_amd64.deb Size: 11240 MD5sum: 8d4ee15d544dacb2d84134964fb112aa SHA1: 7cd2a71749b89c94d339af2512c24efec597fb50 SHA256: 43717dce5a3212f12e02e528ba4279cb6f065c9709c5315ce5e2f45062c2392f Homepage: https://www.alsa-project.org/ Description-en: smixer plugin for ALSA library 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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 20.04
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 Ubuntu 20.04, 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 Ubuntu 20.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libasound2-plugin-smixer package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
