How To Install volti on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install volti on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is volti
volti is:
Volti is a lightweight GTK+ application for controlling audio volume from system tray/notification area.
Features:
- no PulseAudio, GStreamer, Phonon etc. only ALSA is needed
- internal mixer application, either choosing any mixer app is possible
- left click opens volume scale (slider)
- scroll wheel on tray icon changes volume, increment in percents is configurable
- configurable middle click to toggle ‘mute’ or ‘show mixer’
- nice tooltip with card and volume info
- support for multimedia keys
- support desktop notifications on keys events
There are three methods to install volti 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 volti Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install volti using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install volti
Install volti Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install volti using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install volti
Install volti 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 volti using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install volti
How To Uninstall volti on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the volti package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove volti
Uninstall volti And Its Dependencies
To uninstall volti and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove volti
Remove volti Configurations and Data
To remove volti configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge volti
Remove volti configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove volti configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge volti
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install volti package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
