How to Install and Uninstall pulseaudio Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: April 28,2024

1. Install "pulseaudio" package

Please follow the guidance below to install pulseaudio on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall pulseaudio on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: pulseaudio
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:16.1+dfsg1-2ubuntu6
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/sound
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Pulseaudio maintenance team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 4416
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: libapparmor1 (>= 2.6~devel), libasound2 (>= 1.2.1.1), libc6 (>= 2.38), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libfftw3-single3 (>= 3.3.10), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.32.0), 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 (>= 1:0.4.34), libpulse0 (= 1:16.1+dfsg1-2ubuntu6), libsm6, libsnapd-glib-2-1 (>= 1.49), 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 (>= 2:1.8.7), libxcb1, libxtst6, adduser, lsb-base (>= 3.2-13), libasound2-plugins, pulseaudio-utils
Recommends: rtkit, default-logind | logind, dbus-user-session
Suggests: udev, pavumeter, pavucontrol, paprefs
Filename: pool/universe/p/pulseaudio/pulseaudio_16.1+dfsg1-2ubuntu6_amd64.deb
Size: 884332
MD5sum: 015c09c703034821cca7edc6ebc160f7
SHA1: 6026919eda07f4d1694100f9a285beec415ea54c
SHA256: 64e775b422ca3b5d682f567c0fe633c2d4533a5c47882bf032386aa2e8eef301
SHA512: 4d4804294c440590cb9fc07e799bdb601135ae2798279a912cd70cf4d45c81ef7ef8fb1e1d6f729447310ff65050b5f944246ca0ae1727414f4b0b315dd05c27
Homepage: https://www.pulseaudio.org
Description: PulseAudio sound server
Description-md5: 15c158aa11824c8a768e4d670919d02d
Task: xubuntu-minimal, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-unity-desktop