How To Install pulseaudio-esound-compat on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pulseaudio-esound-compat on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is pulseaudio-esound-compat
pulseaudio-esound-compat 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.
This package contains the ESD compatibility components used by some older versions of complete desktop environments, e.g., GNOME, and many useful applications. It enables a PulseAudio sound server to fully replace ESD.
There are three methods to install pulseaudio-esound-compat on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install pulseaudio-esound-compat Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pulseaudio-esound-compat using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pulseaudio-esound-compat
Install pulseaudio-esound-compat Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pulseaudio-esound-compat using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pulseaudio-esound-compat
Install pulseaudio-esound-compat 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 pulseaudio-esound-compat using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pulseaudio-esound-compat
How To Uninstall pulseaudio-esound-compat on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the pulseaudio-esound-compat package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pulseaudio-esound-compat
Uninstall pulseaudio-esound-compat And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pulseaudio-esound-compat and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pulseaudio-esound-compat
Remove pulseaudio-esound-compat Configurations and Data
To remove pulseaudio-esound-compat configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pulseaudio-esound-compat
Remove pulseaudio-esound-compat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pulseaudio-esound-compat configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pulseaudio-esound-compat
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pulseaudio-esound-compat package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
