How To Install pavucontrol on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pavucontrol on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is pavucontrol
pavucontrol is:
PulseAudio Volume Control (pavucontrol) is a simple GTK+ based volume control tool (mixer) for the PulseAudio sound server. In contrast to classic mixer tools this one allows you to control both the volume of hardware devices and of each playback stream separately. It also allows you to redirect a playback stream to another output device without interrupting playback.
There are three methods to install pavucontrol 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 pavucontrol Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pavucontrol using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pavucontrol
Install pavucontrol Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pavucontrol using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pavucontrol
Install pavucontrol 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 pavucontrol using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pavucontrol
How To Uninstall pavucontrol on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the pavucontrol package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pavucontrol
Uninstall pavucontrol And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pavucontrol and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pavucontrol
Remove pavucontrol Configurations and Data
To remove pavucontrol configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pavucontrol
Remove pavucontrol configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pavucontrol configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pavucontrol
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pavucontrol package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
