How to Install and Uninstall pulseaudio Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: April 28,2024

You can also install and uninstall the pulseaudio on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "pulseaudio" package

This is a short guide on how to install pulseaudio on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                pulseaudio
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "pulseaudio" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall pulseaudio on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the pulseaudio package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: pulseaudio
Source: pulseaudio (16.1+dfsg1-2)
Version: 16.1+dfsg1-2+b1
Installed-Size: 6462
Maintainer: Pulseaudio maintenance team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libasound2 (>= 1.2.1.1), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libfftw3-single3 (>= 3.3.5), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.18), libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0 (>= 1.10.0), libgstreamer1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libltdl7 (>= 2.4.7), liborc-0.4-0 (>= 1:0.4.25), libpulse0 (= 16.1+dfsg1-2+b1), libsm6, libsndfile1 (>= 1.0.20), libsoxr0 (>= 0.1.1), libspeexdsp1 (>= 1.2.1), libstdc++6 (>= 11), libsystemd0, libtdb1 (>= 1.2.7+git20101214), libudev1 (>= 183), libwebrtc-audio-processing1, libwrap0 (>= 7.6-4~), libx11-6 (>= 2:1.7.0), libx11-xcb1 (>= 2:1.8.1), libxcb1, libxtst6, adduser, lsb-base (>= 3.2-13), libasound2-plugins, pulseaudio-utils
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Recommends: rtkit, default-logind | logind, dbus-user-session
Suggests: udev, pavumeter, pavucontrol, paprefs
Description: PulseAudio sound server
Description-md5: 15c158aa11824c8a768e4d670919d02d
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.pulseaudio.org
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::daemon, network::client, network::server,
protocol::tcp, role::program, works-with::audio
Section: sound
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/pulseaudio/pulseaudio_16.1+dfsg1-2+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 1173760
MD5sum: ca2a8e1b63aefffea47b7703cc811120
SHA256: 9937623ed1b9e8c663f0d1be510821e2d18306c5c05658a4c717847ce36f8aa2