How To Install pulseaudio-module-jack on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pulseaudio-module-jack on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is pulseaudio-module-jack
pulseaudio-module-jack 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.
These modules enables PulseAudio to connect to a jackd daemon.
The modules are called module-jack-sink, module-jack-source. Task: ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop
Package: pulseaudio-module-jack 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: 189 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libjack-jackd2-0 (>= 1.9.10+20150825) | libjack-0.125, libpulse0 (= 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3.8), pulseaudio (= 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3.8) Filename: pool/universe/p/pulseaudio/pulseaudio-module-jack_13.99.1-1ubuntu3.8_amd64.deb Size: 19920 MD5sum: 01e7428f693fb02b74dedc938c76ef8f SHA1: 800f1a2755f0267b4fe85a0126cc897d140e99d5 SHA256: 6d8b8299bdae4a98171b970395649c4decc0e4e9d898eac36342f3691226be1b SHA512: ece59de4b28903a775789069add0c0a4197c556ae3b62b594b1ddadcc950e75f6eadecdac7614307d65f273a9db4fb5fdb3e87133639bec0e2e51feeebbe0912 Homepage: http://www.pulseaudio.org Description-en: jackd modules 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.
These modules enables PulseAudio to connect to a jackd daemon.
The modules are called module-jack-sink, module-jack-source. Task: ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop
Package: pulseaudio-module-jack 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: 188 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libjack-jackd2-0 (>= 1.9.10+20150825) | libjack-0.125, libpulse0 (= 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3), pulseaudio (= 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3) Filename: pool/universe/p/pulseaudio/pulseaudio-module-jack_13.99.1-1ubuntu3_amd64.deb Size: 19904 MD5sum: 9e63c3e5a63613fcaba56a4f04513f51 SHA1: 96a789333526d3b751301f5730bc1b656ca0ad0f SHA256: a01d13d10c2592443a70fe1d15f1e4ab15a8fa1c84cdb61094b6982c701444a7 Homepage: http://www.pulseaudio.org Description-en: jackd modules 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.
These modules enables PulseAudio to connect to a jackd daemon.
The modules are called module-jack-sink, module-jack-source. Task: ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop
There are three methods to install pulseaudio-module-jack 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-jack 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-jack using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pulseaudio-module-jack
Install pulseaudio-module-jack Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pulseaudio-module-jack using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pulseaudio-module-jack
Install pulseaudio-module-jack 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-jack using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pulseaudio-module-jack
How To Uninstall pulseaudio-module-jack on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the pulseaudio-module-jack package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pulseaudio-module-jack
Uninstall pulseaudio-module-jack And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pulseaudio-module-jack 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-jack
Remove pulseaudio-module-jack Configurations and Data
To remove pulseaudio-module-jack configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pulseaudio-module-jack
Remove pulseaudio-module-jack configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pulseaudio-module-jack configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pulseaudio-module-jack
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pulseaudio-module-jack package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
