How To Install libpipewire-0.3-modules-x11 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libpipewire-0.3-modules-x11 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libpipewire-0.3-modules-x11 is libraries for the PipeWire multimedia server - X11 modules

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpipewire-0.3-modules-x11 on Debian 12.

What is libpipewire-0.3-modules-x11

libpipewire-0.3-modules-x11 is:

PipeWire is a server and user space API to deal with multimedia pipelines. This includes:

  • Making available sources of video (such as from a capture devices or application provided streams) and multiplexing this with clients.
  • Accessing sources of video for consumption.
  • Generating graphs for audio and video processing.

This package contains X11 modules.

There are three methods to install libpipewire-0.3-modules-x11 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libpipewire-0.3-modules-x11 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libpipewire-0.3-modules-x11 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpipewire-0.3-modules-x11

Install libpipewire-0.3-modules-x11 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpipewire-0.3-modules-x11 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpipewire-0.3-modules-x11

Install libpipewire-0.3-modules-x11 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 libpipewire-0.3-modules-x11 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpipewire-0.3-modules-x11

How To Uninstall libpipewire-0.3-modules-x11 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libpipewire-0.3-modules-x11 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpipewire-0.3-modules-x11

Uninstall libpipewire-0.3-modules-x11 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpipewire-0.3-modules-x11 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpipewire-0.3-modules-x11

Remove libpipewire-0.3-modules-x11 Configurations and Data

To remove libpipewire-0.3-modules-x11 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpipewire-0.3-modules-x11

Remove libpipewire-0.3-modules-x11 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpipewire-0.3-modules-x11 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpipewire-0.3-modules-x11

Dependencies

libpipewire-0.3-modules-x11 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpipewire-0.3-modules-x11 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.