How To Install pavucontrol-dbg on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pavucontrol-dbg on Debian 9.
What is pavucontrol-dbg
pavucontrol-dbg is:
PulseAudio Volume Control (pavucontrol) is a simple GTK+ based volume control tool (mixer) for the PulseAudio sound server. In contrast to classic mixer tools this one allows you to control both the volume of hardware devices and of each playback stream separately. It also allows you to redirect a playback stream to another output device without interrupting playback.
This package contains the debugging symbols for pavucontrol.
There are three methods to install pavucontrol-dbg on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install pavucontrol-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pavucontrol-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pavucontrol-dbg
Install pavucontrol-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pavucontrol-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pavucontrol-dbg
Install pavucontrol-dbg 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 pavucontrol-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pavucontrol-dbg
How To Uninstall pavucontrol-dbg on Debian 9
To uninstall only the pavucontrol-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pavucontrol-dbg
Uninstall pavucontrol-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pavucontrol-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pavucontrol-dbg
Remove pavucontrol-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove pavucontrol-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pavucontrol-dbg
Remove pavucontrol-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pavucontrol-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pavucontrol-dbg
Dependencies
pavucontrol-dbg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pavucontrol-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.