How To Install pulseaudio-module-bluetooth on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pulseaudio-module-bluetooth on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is pulseaudio-module-bluetooth
pulseaudio-module-bluetooth 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 work with bluetooth devices, like headset or audio gateway.
The module is called module-bluetooth Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Package: pulseaudio-module-bluetooth Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: sound Installed-Size: 319 Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Architecture: amd64 Source: pulseaudio Version: 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3.10 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libpulse0 (= 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3.10), libsbc1, pulseaudio (= 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3.10), bluez (>= 5.23) Description-en: Bluetooth 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 work with bluetooth devices, like headset or audio gateway.
The module is called module-bluetooth Homepage: http://www.pulseaudio.org Original-Maintainer: Pulseaudio maintenance team [email protected]
Package: pulseaudio-module-bluetooth Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3.8 Priority: extra Section: 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: 319 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libpulse0 (= 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3.8), libsbc1, pulseaudio (= 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3.8), bluez (>= 5.23) Filename: pool/main/p/pulseaudio/pulseaudio-module-bluetooth_13.99.1-1ubuntu3.8_amd64.deb Size: 60428 MD5sum: ea4422ef7fb345c6a0e39d51672b0766 SHA1: 6e9385a8425bfaf1d08e445ea8c9cf2ad1bb8342 SHA256: 0418a6aa0328934f8e7cadf62654a7e7d15f479f1ffcade0669265091052a07a SHA512: e525b8030164600fdea3fa9ae88e683ed42d8ebec07aca49d3a94d34c1dee5608523ffe1670a0525d9b2611d672b07e77df1dfda95e51d6eb54f922c2ccab212 Homepage: http://www.pulseaudio.org Description-en: Bluetooth 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 work with bluetooth devices, like headset or audio gateway.
The module is called module-bluetooth Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Package: pulseaudio-module-bluetooth Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3 Priority: extra Section: 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: 318 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libpulse0 (= 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3), libsbc1, pulseaudio (= 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3), bluez (>= 5.23) Filename: pool/main/p/pulseaudio/pulseaudio-module-bluetooth_13.99.1-1ubuntu3_amd64.deb Size: 60408 MD5sum: 3c549ce281fd443ea3f0a94fa400f0e7 SHA1: 76d9468e021531972bdc302346980a5bbf10bca5 SHA256: c7bf465294ed5c5231a048a77728a93f7066cfca0861147aae3a932f3399ee66 Homepage: http://www.pulseaudio.org Description-en: Bluetooth 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 work with bluetooth devices, like headset or audio gateway.
The module is called module-bluetooth Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install pulseaudio-module-bluetooth 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-bluetooth 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-bluetooth using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pulseaudio-module-bluetooth
Install pulseaudio-module-bluetooth Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pulseaudio-module-bluetooth using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pulseaudio-module-bluetooth
Install pulseaudio-module-bluetooth 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-bluetooth using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pulseaudio-module-bluetooth
How To Uninstall pulseaudio-module-bluetooth on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the pulseaudio-module-bluetooth package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pulseaudio-module-bluetooth
Uninstall pulseaudio-module-bluetooth And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pulseaudio-module-bluetooth 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-bluetooth
Remove pulseaudio-module-bluetooth Configurations and Data
To remove pulseaudio-module-bluetooth configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pulseaudio-module-bluetooth
Remove pulseaudio-module-bluetooth configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pulseaudio-module-bluetooth configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pulseaudio-module-bluetooth
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pulseaudio-module-bluetooth package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.