How To Install alsaplayer-alsa on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install alsaplayer-alsa on Debian 9.
What is alsaplayer-alsa
alsaplayer-alsa is:
This package provides a module for alsaplayer, an audio player, that will output the sound through ALSA devices.
There are three methods to install alsaplayer-alsa 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 alsaplayer-alsa Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install alsaplayer-alsa using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install alsaplayer-alsa
Install alsaplayer-alsa Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install alsaplayer-alsa using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install alsaplayer-alsa
Install alsaplayer-alsa 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 alsaplayer-alsa using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install alsaplayer-alsa
How To Uninstall alsaplayer-alsa on Debian 9
To uninstall only the alsaplayer-alsa package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove alsaplayer-alsa
Uninstall alsaplayer-alsa And Its Dependencies
To uninstall alsaplayer-alsa and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove alsaplayer-alsa
Remove alsaplayer-alsa Configurations and Data
To remove alsaplayer-alsa configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge alsaplayer-alsa
Remove alsaplayer-alsa configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove alsaplayer-alsa configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge alsaplayer-alsa
Dependencies
alsaplayer-alsa have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install alsaplayer-alsa package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.