How To Install ubuntu-sounds on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ubuntu-sounds on Ubuntu 18.04. ubuntu-sounds is Ubuntus GNOME audio theme

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ubuntu-sounds on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is ubuntu-sounds

ubuntu-sounds is:

Sounds to spruce up the GNOME desktop environment.

There are three methods to install ubuntu-sounds 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 ubuntu-sounds Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ubuntu-sounds using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ubuntu-sounds

Install ubuntu-sounds Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ubuntu-sounds using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ubuntu-sounds

Install ubuntu-sounds 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 ubuntu-sounds using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ubuntu-sounds

How To Uninstall ubuntu-sounds on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the ubuntu-sounds package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-sounds

Uninstall ubuntu-sounds And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ubuntu-sounds and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ubuntu-sounds

Remove ubuntu-sounds Configurations and Data

To remove ubuntu-sounds configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ubuntu-sounds

Remove ubuntu-sounds configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ubuntu-sounds configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ubuntu-sounds

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ubuntu-sounds package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.