How To Install aumix-common on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install aumix-common on Ubuntu 20.04. aumix-common is Simple text-based mixer control program (common files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install aumix-common on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is aumix-common

aumix-common is:

aumix is a small, easy-to-use program to control the mixer of your sound card. It runs in text mode using the ncurses library, or from the command line (non-interactively). It can read default settings from a file, and it can also automatically save and restore the mixer settings at shutdown and boot.

This package provides files common to aumix and aumix-gtk.

There are three methods to install aumix-common 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 aumix-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install aumix-common

Install aumix-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install aumix-common

Install aumix-common 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 aumix-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install aumix-common

How To Uninstall aumix-common on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the aumix-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove aumix-common

Uninstall aumix-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall aumix-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove aumix-common

Remove aumix-common Configurations and Data

To remove aumix-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge aumix-common

Remove aumix-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge aumix-common

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Summary

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