How To Install alsamixergui on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install alsamixergui on Debian 9.
What is alsamixergui
alsamixergui is:
alsamixergui is an FLTK based mixer program for use with the ALSA soundcard drivers. It supports multiple soundcards with multiple devices.
alsamixergui is a frontend for alsamixer, written directly on top of the alsamixer source, leaving the original source intact, only adding a couple of ifdefs, and some calls to the gui part. It provides exactly the same functionality, but with a graphical user interface.
There are three methods to install alsamixergui on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install alsamixergui Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install alsamixergui using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install alsamixergui
Install alsamixergui Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install alsamixergui using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install alsamixergui
Install alsamixergui 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 alsamixergui using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install alsamixergui
How To Uninstall alsamixergui on Debian 9
To uninstall only the alsamixergui package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove alsamixergui
Uninstall alsamixergui And Its Dependencies
To uninstall alsamixergui and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove alsamixergui
Remove alsamixergui Configurations and Data
To remove alsamixergui configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge alsamixergui
Remove alsamixergui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove alsamixergui configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge alsamixergui
Dependencies
alsamixergui have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install alsamixergui package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.