How To Install python-alsaaudio on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-alsaaudio on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-alsaaudio
python-alsaaudio is:
The PyAlsaAudio package contains bindings for the ALSA sound API.
There are three methods to install python-alsaaudio on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-alsaaudio package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
