How to Install and Uninstall pulseaudio Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: December 30,2024

1. Install "pulseaudio" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install pulseaudio on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall pulseaudio on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                pulseaudio
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the pulseaudio package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: pulseaudio
Version: 14.2-2
Installed-Size: 6774
Maintainer: Pulseaudio maintenance team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libasound2 (>= 1.2.1.1), libc6 (>= 2.29), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libltdl7 (>= 2.4.6), liborc-0.4-0 (>= 1:0.4.25), libpulse0 (= 14.2-2), libsm6, libsndfile1 (>= 1.0.20), libsoxr0 (>= 0.1.1), libspeexdsp1 (>= 1.2~beta3.2-1), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1), libsystemd0, libtdb1 (>= 1.2.7+git20101214), libudev1 (>= 183), libwebrtc-audio-processing1, libx11-6, libx11-xcb1 (>= 2:1.7.0), 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_14.2-2_amd64.deb
Size: 1185868
MD5sum: 8d91f9a012801f1ebcb052474bf4389a
SHA256: cc9e473455de0ae91c8675e57f70b337a05fcb8629f5fe0c466ecb6d1151bab3