How To Install python-alsaaudio on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-alsaaudio on Debian 10.
What is python-alsaaudio
python-alsaaudio is:
This package contains wrappers for accessing the ALSA API from Python. Access to PCM devices and Mixer is supported. Access to MIDI sequencers is not supported yet.
This package provides the alsaaudio module for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-alsaaudio on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python-alsaaudio Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-alsaaudio using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-alsaaudio
Install python-alsaaudio Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-alsaaudio using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-alsaaudio
Install python-alsaaudio 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 python-alsaaudio using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-alsaaudio
How To Uninstall python-alsaaudio on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python-alsaaudio package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-alsaaudio
Uninstall python-alsaaudio And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-alsaaudio and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-alsaaudio
Remove python-alsaaudio Configurations and Data
To remove python-alsaaudio configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-alsaaudio
Remove python-alsaaudio configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-alsaaudio configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-alsaaudio
Dependencies
python-alsaaudio have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-alsaaudio package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
