How To Install qashctl on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qashctl
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is qashctl
qashctl is:
QasTools is a collection of desktop applications for the Linux sound system ALSA.
The applications included are:
- QasConfig - browser for the ALSA configuration tree
- QasHctl - mixer for ALSA’s High level Control Interface
- QasMixer - desktop mixer with features similar to alsamixer
QasHctl is a mixer application for ALSA’s “High level Control Interface”. This interface allows more complex interaction than the “Simple Mixer Interface” which is used by alsamixer and QasMixer. Task: ubuntustudio-audio
There are three methods to install qashctl
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 qashctl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install qashctl
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qashctl
Install qashctl Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install qashctl
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qashctl
Install qashctl 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 qashctl
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qashctl
How To Uninstall qashctl on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the qashctl
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qashctl
Uninstall qashctl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qashctl
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qashctl
Remove qashctl Configurations and Data
To remove qashctl
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qashctl
Remove qashctl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qashctl
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qashctl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qashctl
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.