How To Install pavucontrol-qt on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install pavucontrol-qt on Debian 9. pavucontrol-qt is Qt port of volume control pavucontrol

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pavucontrol-qt on Debian 9.

What is pavucontrol-qt

pavucontrol-qt is:

Qt port of volume control pavucontrol of sound server PulseAudio. As such it can be used to adjust all controls provided by PulseAudio as well as some additional settings.

The software belongs to the LXQt project but its usage isn’t limited to this desktop environment.

This package contain the application files.

There are three methods to install pavucontrol-qt 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-qt 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-qt using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install pavucontrol-qt

Install pavucontrol-qt Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pavucontrol-qt

Install pavucontrol-qt 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-qt using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pavucontrol-qt

How To Uninstall pavucontrol-qt on Debian 9

To uninstall only the pavucontrol-qt package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pavucontrol-qt

Uninstall pavucontrol-qt And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pavucontrol-qt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pavucontrol-qt

Remove pavucontrol-qt Configurations and Data

To remove pavucontrol-qt configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pavucontrol-qt

Remove pavucontrol-qt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pavucontrol-qt

Dependencies

pavucontrol-qt have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pavucontrol-qt package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.