Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-utils on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is alsa-utils
alsa-utils is:
Included tools:
- alsactl: advanced controls for ALSA sound drivers
- alsaloop: create loopbacks between PCM capture and playback devices
- alsamixer: curses mixer
- alsaucm: alsa use case manager
- amixer: command line mixer
- amidi: read from and write to ALSA RawMIDI ports
- aplay, arecord: command line playback and recording
- aplaymidi, arecordmidi: command line MIDI playback and recording
- aconnect, aseqnet, aseqdump: command line MIDI sequencer control
- iecset: set or dump IEC958 status bits
- speaker-test: speaker test tone generator
ALSA is the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture.
There are three methods to install 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 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 alsa-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install alsa-utils
Install alsa-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install alsa-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install alsa-utils
Install 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 alsa-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install alsa-utils
How To Uninstall alsa-utils on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the alsa-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove alsa-utils
Uninstall alsa-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall 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 alsa-utils
Remove alsa-utils Configurations and Data
To remove alsa-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge alsa-utils
Remove alsa-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove alsa-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge alsa-utils
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-utils package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
