How To Install libpulse-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpulse-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libpulse-dev
libpulse-dev is:
PulseAudio, previously known as Polypaudio, is a sound server for POSIX and WIN32 systems. It is a drop in replacement for the ESD sound server with much better latency, mixing/re-sampling quality and overall architecture.
Headers and libraries for developing applications that access a PulseAudio sound server via PulseAudio’s native interface.
Package: libpulse-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3.8 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libdevel Source: pulseaudio Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Pulseaudio maintenance team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 529 Depends: libpulse0 (= 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3.8), libpulse-mainloop-glib0 (= 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3.8), libglib2.0-dev Filename: pool/main/p/pulseaudio/libpulse-dev_13.99.1-1ubuntu3.8_amd64.deb Size: 72520 MD5sum: e88aa8fa836e0af7d070bc34a157e22a SHA1: ade13643b4920dc78452e166b3eed3e2b4dfa9f6 SHA256: e8d2b9f6022586e138a566062b9f2e11217dd3206b028b1cf4fcb656121061ea SHA512: b467af736bb534dd070ed2070b037d981bf19dabe43986cfc33794116ee14e924034cbbf0dba17887a21c6c4b97866615e30478a5b7f4368ce4f764601db6c91 Homepage: http://www.pulseaudio.org Description-en: PulseAudio client development headers and libraries PulseAudio, previously known as Polypaudio, is a sound server for POSIX and WIN32 systems. It is a drop in replacement for the ESD sound server with much better latency, mixing/re-sampling quality and overall architecture.
Headers and libraries for developing applications that access a PulseAudio sound server via PulseAudio’s native interface.
Package: libpulse-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libdevel Source: pulseaudio Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Pulseaudio maintenance team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 528 Depends: libpulse0 (= 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3), libpulse-mainloop-glib0 (= 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3), libglib2.0-dev Filename: pool/main/p/pulseaudio/libpulse-dev_13.99.1-1ubuntu3_amd64.deb Size: 72508 MD5sum: daca3c9e9861c164dd79d287585d827b SHA1: 208bc66b2abfb09b6297c3ac46470bdcfbcb0a0d SHA256: f8fae9fd03f885dcf316682fb30dd6f03a89d7a63def72afabb7621a6e987fa7 Homepage: http://www.pulseaudio.org Description-en: PulseAudio client development headers and libraries PulseAudio, previously known as Polypaudio, is a sound server for POSIX and WIN32 systems. It is a drop in replacement for the ESD sound server with much better latency, mixing/re-sampling quality and overall architecture.
Headers and libraries for developing applications that access a PulseAudio sound server via PulseAudio’s native interface.
There are three methods to install libpulse-dev 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 libpulse-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpulse-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpulse-dev
Install libpulse-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpulse-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpulse-dev
Install libpulse-dev 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 libpulse-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpulse-dev
How To Uninstall libpulse-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libpulse-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpulse-dev
Uninstall libpulse-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpulse-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpulse-dev
Remove libpulse-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libpulse-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpulse-dev
Remove libpulse-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpulse-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpulse-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpulse-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
