How To Install pulseaudio-module-gsettings on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pulseaudio-module-gsettings on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is pulseaudio-module-gsettings
pulseaudio-module-gsettings 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.
This module enables PulseAudio to store additional configuration in GSettings. It supersedes the gconf module.
The module is called module-gsettings.
Package: pulseaudio-module-gsettings Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3.8 Priority: optional Section: universe/sound 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: 164 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.30.0), libpulse0 (= 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3.8), pulseaudio (= 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3.8), dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend Filename: pool/universe/p/pulseaudio/pulseaudio-module-gsettings_13.99.1-1ubuntu3.8_amd64.deb Size: 14028 MD5sum: 257528b15d8259e3fcc6ae0d4a33f1de SHA1: a3046421fb43cf90a2a8c4965bf13f711759c9e7 SHA256: 47203c1b0c307665994490cb4470da4d6a7959fc99411717669583630bc6e494 SHA512: fa46ab4dae2df8f967f5149d21d3c95d2bd958f46ea16734bd99dff60a76436721635bacdff7bab61863704e4f25dc9f732eccb5cbb171fef2e60d3f3f23586a Homepage: http://www.pulseaudio.org Description-en: GSettings module for PulseAudio sound server 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.
This module enables PulseAudio to store additional configuration in GSettings. It supersedes the gconf module.
The module is called module-gsettings.
Package: pulseaudio-module-gsettings Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3 Priority: optional Section: universe/sound 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: 163 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.30.0), libpulse0 (= 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3), pulseaudio (= 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3), dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend Filename: pool/universe/p/pulseaudio/pulseaudio-module-gsettings_13.99.1-1ubuntu3_amd64.deb Size: 14024 MD5sum: 2ac24b9d7e9365d6f7c109d73ab56f5e SHA1: 77b0cdca7a25cfccb95443e4a87f74a80341beb2 SHA256: fb3002190e7c9fc5d8d912820aa0d364448290b35d04b545055d92a7ddfb7d34 Homepage: http://www.pulseaudio.org Description-en: GSettings module for PulseAudio sound server 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.
This module enables PulseAudio to store additional configuration in GSettings. It supersedes the gconf module.
The module is called module-gsettings.
There are three methods to install pulseaudio-module-gsettings 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 pulseaudio-module-gsettings Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pulseaudio-module-gsettings using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pulseaudio-module-gsettings
Install pulseaudio-module-gsettings Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pulseaudio-module-gsettings using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pulseaudio-module-gsettings
Install pulseaudio-module-gsettings 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 pulseaudio-module-gsettings using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pulseaudio-module-gsettings
How To Uninstall pulseaudio-module-gsettings on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the pulseaudio-module-gsettings package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pulseaudio-module-gsettings
Uninstall pulseaudio-module-gsettings And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pulseaudio-module-gsettings and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pulseaudio-module-gsettings
Remove pulseaudio-module-gsettings Configurations and Data
To remove pulseaudio-module-gsettings configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pulseaudio-module-gsettings
Remove pulseaudio-module-gsettings configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pulseaudio-module-gsettings configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pulseaudio-module-gsettings
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pulseaudio-module-gsettings package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
