How To Install pipewire-audio-client-libraries on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pipewire-audio-client-libraries on Debian 12.
What is pipewire-audio-client-libraries
pipewire-audio-client-libraries is:
PipeWire is a server and user space API to deal with multimedia pipelines.
This is a transitional package for pipewire-alsa and pipewire-jack. It can safely be removed.
There are three methods to install pipewire-audio-client-libraries 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 pipewire-audio-client-libraries Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pipewire-audio-client-libraries using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pipewire-audio-client-libraries
Install pipewire-audio-client-libraries Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pipewire-audio-client-libraries using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pipewire-audio-client-libraries
Install pipewire-audio-client-libraries 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 pipewire-audio-client-libraries using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pipewire-audio-client-libraries
How To Uninstall pipewire-audio-client-libraries on Debian 12
To uninstall only the pipewire-audio-client-libraries package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pipewire-audio-client-libraries
Uninstall pipewire-audio-client-libraries And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pipewire-audio-client-libraries and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pipewire-audio-client-libraries
Remove pipewire-audio-client-libraries Configurations and Data
To remove pipewire-audio-client-libraries configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pipewire-audio-client-libraries
Remove pipewire-audio-client-libraries configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pipewire-audio-client-libraries configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pipewire-audio-client-libraries
Dependencies
pipewire-audio-client-libraries have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pipewire-audio-client-libraries package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
