How To Install pasystray on Debian 10

Learn how to install pasystray on Debian 10 with this tutorial. pasystray is PulseAudio controller for the system tray

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pasystray on Debian 10.

What is pasystray

pasystray is:

Pasystray enables control of various PulseAudio server settings from the X11 system tray. It can: * adjust the volume of streams and sinks/sources * transfer streams between sinks/sources * switch the default sink/source * set the default server (PULSE_SERVER) * detect network PulseAudio services * rename devices

The commands associated with the suggested dependencies (paman, paprefs, pavucontrol, and pavumeter) may be launched from the menu provided by pasystray. If a command is not available, that particular menu item is disabled. pulseaudio-module-zeroconf enables detection and management of network PulseAudio services.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pasystray

Install pasystray Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pasystray

Install pasystray 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 pasystray using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pasystray

How To Uninstall pasystray on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove pasystray

Uninstall pasystray And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pasystray and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pasystray

Remove pasystray Configurations and Data

To remove pasystray configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pasystray

Remove pasystray configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pasystray

Dependencies

pasystray have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pasystray package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.