How To Install pulsemixer on Debian 12

Learn how to install pulsemixer on Debian 12 with this tutorial. pulsemixer is command-line mixer for PulseAudio with a curses interface

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pulsemixer on Debian 12.

What is pulsemixer

pulsemixer is:

pulsemixer is a command-line volume mixer for PulseAudio that provides a customizable curses-based interactive user interface.

There are three methods to install pulsemixer 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 pulsemixer Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install pulsemixer using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install pulsemixer

Install pulsemixer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install pulsemixer using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pulsemixer

Install pulsemixer 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 pulsemixer using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pulsemixer

How To Uninstall pulsemixer on Debian 12

To uninstall only the pulsemixer package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pulsemixer

Uninstall pulsemixer And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pulsemixer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pulsemixer

Remove pulsemixer Configurations and Data

To remove pulsemixer configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pulsemixer

Remove pulsemixer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove pulsemixer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pulsemixer

Dependencies

pulsemixer have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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