How To Install libaudio-mixer-perl on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libaudio-mixer-perl on Debian 9. libaudio-mixer-perl is perl extension for Sound Mixer control

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libaudio-mixer-perl on Debian 9.

What is libaudio-mixer-perl

libaudio-mixer-perl is:

Library to query / set various sound mixer parameters.

This is just a very simple Perl interface which allows one to set various sound mixer parameters. The most important probably ‘vol’ (volume). The list of all mixer parameters can be obtained using get_mixer_params() function.

This Audio::Mixer library works only with OSS.

There are three methods to install libaudio-mixer-perl 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 libaudio-mixer-perl Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libaudio-mixer-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libaudio-mixer-perl

Install libaudio-mixer-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libaudio-mixer-perl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libaudio-mixer-perl

Install libaudio-mixer-perl 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 libaudio-mixer-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libaudio-mixer-perl

How To Uninstall libaudio-mixer-perl on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libaudio-mixer-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libaudio-mixer-perl

Uninstall libaudio-mixer-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libaudio-mixer-perl

Remove libaudio-mixer-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libaudio-mixer-perl configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libaudio-mixer-perl

Remove libaudio-mixer-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libaudio-mixer-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libaudio-mixer-perl

Dependencies

libaudio-mixer-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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