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:

• libasound2
• libc6

References

• alsaplayer-alsa website

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.