How To Install alsaplayer-alsa on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install alsaplayer-alsa on Ubuntu 20.04. alsaplayer-alsa is alsaplayer output module for ALSA

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install alsaplayer-alsa on Ubuntu 20.04.

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 Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 20.04

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 Ubuntu 20.04, 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 Ubuntu 20.04 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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install alsaplayer-alsa package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.