How To Install aumix on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install aumix on Debian 11.
What is aumix
aumix 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.
A wrapper script xaumix is provided that finds and invokes xterm or a replacement. This is primarily for creating the best sized terminal window. If you want a true graphical interface, install aumix-gtk instead. That has the same functionality as this one in addition to offering a nice X GUI.
There are three methods to install aumix on Debian 11. 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install aumix
Install aumix Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install aumix using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install aumix
Install aumix 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 aumix using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install aumix
How To Uninstall aumix on Debian 11
To uninstall only the aumix package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove aumix
Uninstall aumix And Its Dependencies
To uninstall aumix and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove aumix
Remove aumix Configurations and Data
To remove aumix configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge aumix
Remove aumix configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove aumix configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge aumix
Dependencies
aumix have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install aumix package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.