How To Install pasystray on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pasystray on Debian 12.
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 12. 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 12
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 12, 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 12 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:
- adwaita-icon-theme
- libavahi-client3
- libavahi-common3
- libavahi-glib1
- libayatana-appindicator3-1
- libc6
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- libnotify4
- libpulse-mainloop-glib0
- libpulse0
- libx11-6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pasystray package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.