How To Install indicator-sound on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install indicator-sound on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is indicator-sound
indicator-sound is:
System sound indicator which provides easy control of the PulseAudio sound daemon.
There are three methods to install indicator-sound on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install indicator-sound Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install indicator-sound using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install indicator-sound
Install indicator-sound Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install indicator-sound using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install indicator-sound
Install indicator-sound 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 indicator-sound using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install indicator-sound
How To Uninstall indicator-sound on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the indicator-sound package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove indicator-sound
Uninstall indicator-sound And Its Dependencies
To uninstall indicator-sound and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove indicator-sound
Remove indicator-sound Configurations and Data
To remove indicator-sound configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge indicator-sound
Remove indicator-sound configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove indicator-sound configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge indicator-sound
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install indicator-sound package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
