How To Install pavumeter on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pavumeter
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is pavumeter
pavumeter is:
PulseAudio, previously known as Polypaudio, is a sound server for POSIX and WIN32 systems. It is a drop in replacement for the ESD sound server with much better latency, mixing/re-sampling quality and overall architecture.
A simple volume meter for the PulseAudio sound server.
There are three methods to install pavumeter
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install pavumeter Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pavumeter
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pavumeter
Install pavumeter Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pavumeter
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pavumeter
Install pavumeter 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 pavumeter
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pavumeter
How To Uninstall pavumeter on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the pavumeter
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pavumeter
Uninstall pavumeter And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pavumeter
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pavumeter
Remove pavumeter Configurations and Data
To remove pavumeter
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pavumeter
Remove pavumeter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pavumeter
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pavumeter
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pavumeter
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.