How To Install libgsound0 on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgsound0 on Debian 11. libgsound0 is small library for playing system sounds

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgsound0 on Debian 11.

What is libgsound0

libgsound0 is:

GSound is a small library for playing system sounds. It’s designed to be used via GObject Introspection, and is a thin wrapper around the libcanberra C library.

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install libgsound0 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 libgsound0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgsound0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgsound0

Install libgsound0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgsound0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgsound0

Install libgsound0 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 libgsound0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgsound0

How To Uninstall libgsound0 on Debian 11

To uninstall only the libgsound0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgsound0

Uninstall libgsound0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgsound0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgsound0

Remove libgsound0 Configurations and Data

To remove libgsound0 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgsound0

Remove libgsound0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgsound0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgsound0

Dependencies

libgsound0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgsound0 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.