How To Install gnome-sound-recorder on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-sound-recorder on Debian 10.
What is gnome-sound-recorder
gnome-sound-recorder is:
GNOME sound recorder is an utility to make simple audio recording from your GNOME desktop. It supports several formats like OGG, MP3 or FLAC.
There are three methods to install gnome-sound-recorder on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gnome-sound-recorder Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-sound-recorder using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-sound-recorder
Install gnome-sound-recorder Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-sound-recorder using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-sound-recorder
Install gnome-sound-recorder 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 gnome-sound-recorder using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-sound-recorder
How To Uninstall gnome-sound-recorder on Debian 10
To uninstall only the gnome-sound-recorder package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-sound-recorder
Uninstall gnome-sound-recorder And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-sound-recorder and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-sound-recorder
Remove gnome-sound-recorder Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-sound-recorder configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-sound-recorder
Remove gnome-sound-recorder configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-sound-recorder configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-sound-recorder
Dependencies
gnome-sound-recorder have the following dependencies:
- gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0
- gir1.2-glib-2.0
- gir1.2-gst-plugins-base-1.0
- gir1.2-gstreamer-1.0
- gir1.2-gtk-3.0
- gir1.2-pango-1.0
- gjs
- gstreamer1.0-plugins-base
- gstreamer1.0-plugins-good
- gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio
- dconf-gsettings-backend
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-sound-recorder package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.