How To Install bluez-alsa-utils on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bluez-alsa-utils on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is bluez-alsa-utils
bluez-alsa-utils is:
Bluetooth Audio ALSA Backend allow bluetooth audio without PulseAudio.
This project is a rebirth of a direct integration between Bluez and ALSA. Since Bluez >= 5, the build-in integration has been removed in favor of 3rd party audio applications. From now on, Bluez acts as a middleware between an audio application, which implements Bluetooth audio profile, and a Bluetooth audio device.
This package contains files that is tool using bluez-alsa plugin.
There are three methods to install bluez-alsa-utils 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 bluez-alsa-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bluez-alsa-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bluez-alsa-utils
Install bluez-alsa-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bluez-alsa-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bluez-alsa-utils
Install bluez-alsa-utils 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 bluez-alsa-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bluez-alsa-utils
How To Uninstall bluez-alsa-utils on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the bluez-alsa-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bluez-alsa-utils
Uninstall bluez-alsa-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bluez-alsa-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bluez-alsa-utils
Remove bluez-alsa-utils Configurations and Data
To remove bluez-alsa-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bluez-alsa-utils
Remove bluez-alsa-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bluez-alsa-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bluez-alsa-utils
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bluez-alsa-utils package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
