How To Install pulseaudio-module-zeroconf on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pulseaudio-module-zeroconf on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is pulseaudio-module-zeroconf
pulseaudio-module-zeroconf 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 publish available sinks and sources via zeroconf (aka. Avahi, mdns).
The module is called module-zeroconf-publish.
Package: pulseaudio-module-zeroconf 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: 185 Depends: libavahi-client3 (>= 0.6.16), libavahi-common3 (>= 0.6.16), libc6 (>= 2.4), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libpulse0 (= 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3.8), pulseaudio (= 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3.8), avahi-daemon Filename: pool/universe/p/pulseaudio/pulseaudio-module-zeroconf_13.99.1-1ubuntu3.8_amd64.deb Size: 21896 MD5sum: e0876b2cb4a91c0819ccb4346135cda3 SHA1: 755005b6e7f1a541aee8f598308ef3afd4fece67 SHA256: 6df00c41f2e39330148e6b8663f2e3345133484b8157364a4011e6b15bf41e04 SHA512: 8e66c86bd897ecfffaf70003a04ec5d168beb2318557464e684e0d5b5f0e49d43f5595e76d53ccce869aaea4466a5b8f18938cb250701b17f99ea6d684e0e050 Homepage: http://www.pulseaudio.org Description-en: Zeroconf 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 publish available sinks and sources via zeroconf (aka. Avahi, mdns).
The module is called module-zeroconf-publish.
Package: pulseaudio-module-zeroconf 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: 184 Depends: libavahi-client3 (>= 0.6.16), libavahi-common3 (>= 0.6.16), libc6 (>= 2.4), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libpulse0 (= 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3), pulseaudio (= 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3), avahi-daemon Filename: pool/universe/p/pulseaudio/pulseaudio-module-zeroconf_13.99.1-1ubuntu3_amd64.deb Size: 21936 MD5sum: f82964161e57d14a002cc5b08e697085 SHA1: a4c0d3692b08ae148099544a5f63cb862e93c052 SHA256: d55d676b3324652f6e6b3933abb2ae0d99545ec47e7a8b9e3ba5052cf11f48d0 Homepage: http://www.pulseaudio.org Description-en: Zeroconf 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 publish available sinks and sources via zeroconf (aka. Avahi, mdns).
The module is called module-zeroconf-publish.
There are three methods to install pulseaudio-module-zeroconf 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-zeroconf 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-zeroconf using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pulseaudio-module-zeroconf
Install pulseaudio-module-zeroconf Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pulseaudio-module-zeroconf using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pulseaudio-module-zeroconf
Install pulseaudio-module-zeroconf 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-zeroconf using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pulseaudio-module-zeroconf
How To Uninstall pulseaudio-module-zeroconf on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the pulseaudio-module-zeroconf package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pulseaudio-module-zeroconf
Uninstall pulseaudio-module-zeroconf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pulseaudio-module-zeroconf 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-zeroconf
Remove pulseaudio-module-zeroconf Configurations and Data
To remove pulseaudio-module-zeroconf configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pulseaudio-module-zeroconf
Remove pulseaudio-module-zeroconf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pulseaudio-module-zeroconf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pulseaudio-module-zeroconf
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pulseaudio-module-zeroconf package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
