How To Install mopidy-alsamixer on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mopidy-alsamixer on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mopidy-alsamixer
mopidy-alsamixer is:
Mopidy is a music server which can play music from multiple sources, like local files, radio streams, and services like Spotify and SoundCloud.
This package provides a Mopidy extension for controlling volume through ALSA.
There are three methods to install mopidy-alsamixer 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 mopidy-alsamixer Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mopidy-alsamixer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mopidy-alsamixer
Install mopidy-alsamixer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mopidy-alsamixer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mopidy-alsamixer
Install mopidy-alsamixer 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 mopidy-alsamixer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mopidy-alsamixer
How To Uninstall mopidy-alsamixer on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mopidy-alsamixer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mopidy-alsamixer
Uninstall mopidy-alsamixer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mopidy-alsamixer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mopidy-alsamixer
Remove mopidy-alsamixer Configurations and Data
To remove mopidy-alsamixer configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mopidy-alsamixer
Remove mopidy-alsamixer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mopidy-alsamixer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mopidy-alsamixer
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mopidy-alsamixer package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
