How To Install wmmixer on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wmmixer on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is wmmixer
wmmixer is:
wmmixer displays the mixer status of your computer in a small icon. Most common channels are identified with an appropriate icon. Control include a stereo (mono where appropriate) volume control and a recording source toggle button.
It is possible to change between the different channels using two small buttons (previous channel, next channel) and to change the volume of the channel.
There’s nothing in the program that makes it require WindowMaker, except maybe the NeXTStep look and the fact that it properly docks. It can be used with other window managers without problems.
There are three methods to install wmmixer 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 wmmixer Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wmmixer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wmmixer
Install wmmixer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wmmixer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wmmixer
Install wmmixer 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 wmmixer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wmmixer
How To Uninstall wmmixer on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the wmmixer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wmmixer
Uninstall wmmixer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wmmixer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wmmixer
Remove wmmixer Configurations and Data
To remove wmmixer configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wmmixer
Remove wmmixer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wmmixer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wmmixer
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wmmixer package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
