How To Install pamix on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install pamix on Ubuntu 22.04. pamix is Pulseaudio terminal mixer based in pavucontrol

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pamix on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is pamix

pamix is:

PAMix is an ncurses/curses pulseaudio mixer in C++ similar to pavucontrol designed to run in the terminal, it allows you to control both the volume of hardware devices and of each playback stream separately.

There are three methods to install pamix on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install pamix Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pamix

Install pamix Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pamix

Install pamix 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 pamix using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pamix

How To Uninstall pamix on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove pamix

Uninstall pamix And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pamix and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pamix

Remove pamix Configurations and Data

To remove pamix configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pamix

Remove pamix configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pamix

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pamix package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.