How To Install pipewire-media-session-jack on Debian 12

Learn how to install pipewire-media-session-jack on Debian 12 with this tutorial. pipewire-media-session-jack is example session manager for PipeWire (jack)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pipewire-media-session-jack on Debian 12.

What is pipewire-media-session-jack

pipewire-media-session-jack is:

PipeWire Media Session is an example session manager for PipeWire.

This package provide the configuration file to enable the jack module.

Note that it is HIGHLY recommended the use of WirePlumber instead.

There are three methods to install pipewire-media-session-jack 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-jack 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-jack using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install pipewire-media-session-jack

Install pipewire-media-session-jack Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install pipewire-media-session-jack using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pipewire-media-session-jack

Install pipewire-media-session-jack 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-jack using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pipewire-media-session-jack

How To Uninstall pipewire-media-session-jack on Debian 12

To uninstall only the pipewire-media-session-jack package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pipewire-media-session-jack

Uninstall pipewire-media-session-jack And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pipewire-media-session-jack 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-jack

Remove pipewire-media-session-jack Configurations and Data

To remove pipewire-media-session-jack configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pipewire-media-session-jack

Remove pipewire-media-session-jack configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove pipewire-media-session-jack configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pipewire-media-session-jack

Dependencies

pipewire-media-session-jack have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pipewire-media-session-jack package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.