How To Install libpulse-mainloop-glib0 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpulse-mainloop-glib0 on Debian 9. libpulse-mainloop-glib0 is PulseAudio client libraries (glib support)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpulse-mainloop-glib0 on Debian 9.

What is libpulse-mainloop-glib0

libpulse-mainloop-glib0 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.

Client libraries used by applications that access a PulseAudio sound server via PulseAudio’s native interface.

This package adds support for glib2 client applications.

There are three methods to install libpulse-mainloop-glib0 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 libpulse-mainloop-glib0 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-mainloop-glib0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpulse-mainloop-glib0

Install libpulse-mainloop-glib0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpulse-mainloop-glib0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpulse-mainloop-glib0

Install libpulse-mainloop-glib0 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 libpulse-mainloop-glib0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpulse-mainloop-glib0

How To Uninstall libpulse-mainloop-glib0 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libpulse-mainloop-glib0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpulse-mainloop-glib0

Uninstall libpulse-mainloop-glib0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpulse-mainloop-glib0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpulse-mainloop-glib0

Remove libpulse-mainloop-glib0 Configurations and Data

To remove libpulse-mainloop-glib0 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpulse-mainloop-glib0

Remove libpulse-mainloop-glib0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpulse-mainloop-glib0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpulse-mainloop-glib0

Dependencies

libpulse-mainloop-glib0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpulse-mainloop-glib0 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.