Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-tools on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is alsa-tools
alsa-tools is:
A collection of console-based utilities for specific sound hardware:
as10k1 – An assembler for the EMU10K1 (EMU10K2) DSP chip
hda-verb – send HD-audio commands to Intel HDA devices
sbiload – OPL2/3 FM instrument loader for the ALSA sequencer
us428control – Controller utility for Tascam US-X2Y
Task: ubuntustudio-audio
There are three methods to install alsa-tools 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 alsa-tools 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-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install alsa-tools
Install alsa-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install alsa-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install alsa-tools
Install alsa-tools 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-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install alsa-tools
How To Uninstall alsa-tools on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the alsa-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove alsa-tools
Uninstall alsa-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall alsa-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove alsa-tools
Remove alsa-tools Configurations and Data
To remove alsa-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge alsa-tools
Remove alsa-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove alsa-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge alsa-tools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install alsa-tools package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
