How To Install pulseaudio-utils on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pulseaudio-utils on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is pulseaudio-utils
pulseaudio-utils 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.
These tools provide command line access to various features of the PulseAudio sound server. Included tools are:
paplay - Playback a WAV file via a PulseAudio sink. pacat - Cat raw audio data to a PulseAudio sink. parec - Cat raw audio data from a PulseAudio source. pacmd - Connect to PulseAudio’s built-in command line control interface. pactl - Send a control command to a PulseAudio server. padsp - /dev/dsp wrapper to transparently support OSS applications. pax11publish - Store/retrieve PulseAudio default server/sink/source settings in the X11 root window. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-audio, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Package: pulseaudio-utils Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: sound Installed-Size: 306 Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Architecture: amd64 Source: pulseaudio Version: 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3.10 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.16), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libpulse0 (= 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3.10), libsm6, libsndfile1 (>= 1.0.20), libx11-6, libx11-xcb1 (>= 2:1.6.9), libxcb1, libxtst6, libpulsedsp Suggests: avahi-daemon, pulseaudio Description-en: Command line tools for the 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.
These tools provide command line access to various features of the PulseAudio sound server. Included tools are:
paplay - Playback a WAV file via a PulseAudio sink. pacat - Cat raw audio data to a PulseAudio sink. parec - Cat raw audio data from a PulseAudio source. pacmd - Connect to PulseAudio’s built-in command line control interface. pactl - Send a control command to a PulseAudio server. padsp - /dev/dsp wrapper to transparently support OSS applications. pax11publish - Store/retrieve PulseAudio default server/sink/source settings in the X11 root window. Homepage: http://www.pulseaudio.org Original-Maintainer: Pulseaudio maintenance team [email protected]
Package: pulseaudio-utils Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3.8 Priority: optional Section: 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: 306 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.16), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libpulse0 (= 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3.8), libsm6, libsndfile1 (>= 1.0.20), libx11-6, libx11-xcb1 (>= 2:1.6.9), libxcb1, libxtst6, libpulsedsp Suggests: avahi-daemon, pulseaudio Filename: pool/main/p/pulseaudio/pulseaudio-utils_13.99.1-1ubuntu3.8_amd64.deb Size: 55024 MD5sum: f386e3095ca1ac935469c12c5d603963 SHA1: 48f3966f6b7f202d5ed9a782eaa1094d7e4949a6 SHA256: 8bc36ae309d21fb3342bffbbde725096110044bd56769aa02085e67ee5e91b09 SHA512: 916af4832b5aaa1866c0602d6f019f306c06a1ef98cee5c46b3f2c5a1835c69de8b848a3bf1ab834b1fdbd1c332f639f8c609f6194a22f164da122cce1c91ee9 Homepage: http://www.pulseaudio.org Description-en: Command line tools for the 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.
These tools provide command line access to various features of the PulseAudio sound server. Included tools are:
paplay - Playback a WAV file via a PulseAudio sink. pacat - Cat raw audio data to a PulseAudio sink. parec - Cat raw audio data from a PulseAudio source. pacmd - Connect to PulseAudio’s built-in command line control interface. pactl - Send a control command to a PulseAudio server. padsp - /dev/dsp wrapper to transparently support OSS applications. pax11publish - Store/retrieve PulseAudio default server/sink/source settings in the X11 root window. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-audio, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Package: pulseaudio-utils Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3 Priority: optional Section: 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: 305 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.16), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libpulse0 (= 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3), libsm6, libsndfile1 (>= 1.0.20), libx11-6, libx11-xcb1 (>= 2:1.6.9), libxcb1, libxtst6, libpulsedsp Suggests: avahi-daemon, pulseaudio Filename: pool/main/p/pulseaudio/pulseaudio-utils_13.99.1-1ubuntu3_amd64.deb Size: 54980 MD5sum: 560f08f0fe8be6e1d4a2d94a994f461d SHA1: 00a1b049ede0b42dbcfac6b6a4ae9d90173ae0cb SHA256: 08233466c019ab2c6d1162b3997cab1a17ab0f9b14e7e1e6b0ad6f79b7929a11 Homepage: http://www.pulseaudio.org Description-en: Command line tools for the 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.
These tools provide command line access to various features of the PulseAudio sound server. Included tools are:
paplay - Playback a WAV file via a PulseAudio sink. pacat - Cat raw audio data to a PulseAudio sink. parec - Cat raw audio data from a PulseAudio source. pacmd - Connect to PulseAudio’s built-in command line control interface. pactl - Send a control command to a PulseAudio server. padsp - /dev/dsp wrapper to transparently support OSS applications. pax11publish - Store/retrieve PulseAudio default server/sink/source settings in the X11 root window. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-audio, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install pulseaudio-utils 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-utils 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-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pulseaudio-utils
Install pulseaudio-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pulseaudio-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pulseaudio-utils
Install pulseaudio-utils 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-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pulseaudio-utils
How To Uninstall pulseaudio-utils on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the pulseaudio-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pulseaudio-utils
Uninstall pulseaudio-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pulseaudio-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pulseaudio-utils
Remove pulseaudio-utils Configurations and Data
To remove pulseaudio-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pulseaudio-utils
Remove pulseaudio-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pulseaudio-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pulseaudio-utils
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pulseaudio-utils package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.