How To Install wys on Debian 12

Learn how to install wys on Debian 12 with this tutorial. wys is daemon to start/stop PulseAudio loopbacks for phone call audio

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wys on Debian 12.

What is wys

wys is:

During a phone call, audio must be streamed from one ALSA device to another ALSA device. This should only happen during the call, when the modem’s audio interfaces will actually be active. To facilitate this, Wys will wait for ModemManager calls in the ringing or active state and enable appropriate PulseAudio loopback modules only during those states.

There are three methods to install wys on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install wys Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wys

Install wys Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install wys using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install wys

Install wys 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 wys using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wys

How To Uninstall wys on Debian 12

To uninstall only the wys package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove wys

Uninstall wys And Its Dependencies

To uninstall wys and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wys

Remove wys Configurations and Data

To remove wys configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge wys

Remove wys configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wys

Dependencies

wys have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wys package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.