How To Install pulseaudio-module-gsettings on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pulseaudio-module-gsettings on Debian 11.
What is pulseaudio-module-gsettings
pulseaudio-module-gsettings 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 module enables PulseAudio to store additional configuration in GSettings. It supersedes the gconf module.
The module is called module-gsettings.
There are three methods to install pulseaudio-module-gsettings on Debian 11. 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-module-gsettings 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-module-gsettings using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pulseaudio-module-gsettings
Install pulseaudio-module-gsettings Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pulseaudio-module-gsettings using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pulseaudio-module-gsettings
Install pulseaudio-module-gsettings 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 pulseaudio-module-gsettings using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pulseaudio-module-gsettings
How To Uninstall pulseaudio-module-gsettings on Debian 11
To uninstall only the pulseaudio-module-gsettings package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pulseaudio-module-gsettings
Uninstall pulseaudio-module-gsettings And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pulseaudio-module-gsettings and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pulseaudio-module-gsettings
Remove pulseaudio-module-gsettings Configurations and Data
To remove pulseaudio-module-gsettings configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pulseaudio-module-gsettings
Remove pulseaudio-module-gsettings configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pulseaudio-module-gsettings configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pulseaudio-module-gsettings
Dependencies
pulseaudio-module-gsettings have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pulseaudio-module-gsettings package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.