How To Install pulseaudio-module-raop on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pulseaudio-module-raop on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is pulseaudio-module-raop
pulseaudio-module-raop 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 stream audio to an Apple Airport Express.
Package: pulseaudio-module-raop Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3.8 Priority: optional Section: universe/sound Source: pulseaudio Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Pulseaudio maintenance team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 217 Depends: libavahi-client3 (>= 0.6.16), libavahi-common3 (>= 0.6.16), libc6 (>= 2.4), libpulse0 (= 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3.8), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), pulseaudio (= 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3.8), pulseaudio-module-zeroconf Filename: pool/universe/p/pulseaudio/pulseaudio-module-raop_13.99.1-1ubuntu3.8_amd64.deb Size: 35232 MD5sum: a02d13ffed2735d31b0ad01031d02102 SHA1: 95fe3587d00d6bafc961d73257345eaa91e63735 SHA256: acfa1dc0b33fb9bffeec9b2f61a8b54981e67c3a51d166b5fcc5513652088091 SHA512: 1745b258c333eadeb1be45550370a9dd5d988e74c6514e6d9182a8f7eddb4e91f32a8eb9050f93eba6d73d5c18bbbf15251912b07c2a11369e7a79a8b93e5ebb Homepage: http://www.pulseaudio.org Description-en: RAOP module for PulseAudio sound server 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 stream audio to an Apple Airport Express.
Package: pulseaudio-module-raop Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3 Priority: optional Section: universe/sound Source: pulseaudio Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Pulseaudio maintenance team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 216 Depends: libavahi-client3 (>= 0.6.16), libavahi-common3 (>= 0.6.16), libc6 (>= 2.4), libpulse0 (= 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), pulseaudio (= 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3), pulseaudio-module-zeroconf Filename: pool/universe/p/pulseaudio/pulseaudio-module-raop_13.99.1-1ubuntu3_amd64.deb Size: 35128 MD5sum: 44c6e82f5ddd2b653dc64d677951be50 SHA1: a7d2ea8b9157758c9e7c8a684862d4ea82e3cbaf SHA256: 196b7c7f03e49675aa5bb7de213508f3d095c459091ad34aac854865038891dd Homepage: http://www.pulseaudio.org Description-en: RAOP module for PulseAudio sound server 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 stream audio to an Apple Airport Express.
There are three methods to install pulseaudio-module-raop on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-module-raop 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-raop using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pulseaudio-module-raop
Install pulseaudio-module-raop Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pulseaudio-module-raop using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pulseaudio-module-raop
Install pulseaudio-module-raop 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-module-raop using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pulseaudio-module-raop
How To Uninstall pulseaudio-module-raop on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the pulseaudio-module-raop package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pulseaudio-module-raop
Uninstall pulseaudio-module-raop And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pulseaudio-module-raop and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pulseaudio-module-raop
Remove pulseaudio-module-raop Configurations and Data
To remove pulseaudio-module-raop configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pulseaudio-module-raop
Remove pulseaudio-module-raop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pulseaudio-module-raop configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pulseaudio-module-raop
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pulseaudio-module-raop package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.