How To Install pipewire-media-session-alsa on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pipewire-media-session-alsa on Debian 12.
What is pipewire-media-session-alsa
pipewire-media-session-alsa is:
PipeWire Media Session is an example session manager for PipeWire.
This package provide the configuration file to enable the alsa module.
Note that it is HIGHLY recommended the use of WirePlumber instead.
There are three methods to install pipewire-media-session-alsa 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-media-session-alsa 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-media-session-alsa using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pipewire-media-session-alsa
Install pipewire-media-session-alsa Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pipewire-media-session-alsa using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pipewire-media-session-alsa
Install pipewire-media-session-alsa 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-media-session-alsa using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pipewire-media-session-alsa
How To Uninstall pipewire-media-session-alsa on Debian 12
To uninstall only the pipewire-media-session-alsa package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pipewire-media-session-alsa
Uninstall pipewire-media-session-alsa And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pipewire-media-session-alsa and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pipewire-media-session-alsa
Remove pipewire-media-session-alsa Configurations and Data
To remove pipewire-media-session-alsa configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pipewire-media-session-alsa
Remove pipewire-media-session-alsa configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pipewire-media-session-alsa configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pipewire-media-session-alsa
Dependencies
pipewire-media-session-alsa have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pipewire-media-session-alsa package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
