How to Install and Uninstall pulseaudio Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: April 27,2024

1. Install "pulseaudio" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install pulseaudio on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: pulseaudio
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:11.1-1ubuntu7.11
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: sound
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Pulseaudio maintenance team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 4024
Depends: libasound2 (>= 1.0.24.1), libc6 (>= 2.27), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.28.0), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libltdl7 (>= 2.4.6), liborc-0.4-0 (>= 1:0.4.25), libpulse0 (= 1:11.1-1ubuntu7.11), libsm6, libsnapd-glib1 (>= 1.49), libsndfile1 (>= 1.0.20), 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, libxcb1, libxtst6, adduser, lsb-base (>= 3.2-13), libasound2-plugins, pulseaudio-utils
Recommends: rtkit
Suggests: udev, pavumeter, pavucontrol, paman, paprefs, ubuntu-sounds
Filename: pool/main/p/pulseaudio/pulseaudio_11.1-1ubuntu7.11_amd64.deb
Size: 789920
MD5sum: d4a7f64425b764b9fee390b5e7aff0d7
SHA1: 030a2e016290ae644308e6dbba03ca0ea62c2388
SHA256: 27367030f74e0263424d2ce3a83a963366e034684e9962569b8e54da63a34117
SHA512: e9ff31016059a3bde7b07e70afd1d149feca1226f715ee9f7ab0de5f40d64247beb09891bb0e6e2825290629f4263d0f8bece9b79e8d4319af0da5786f1922be
Homepage: http://www.pulseaudio.org
Description: PulseAudio sound server
Description-md5: 15c158aa11824c8a768e4d670919d02d
Task: ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop-share, lubuntu-gtk-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-qt-core, lubuntu-qt-desktop, lubuntu-qt-desktop, ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-audio, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Supported: 5y

Package: pulseaudio
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:11.1-1ubuntu7
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: sound
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Pulseaudio maintenance team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3980
Depends: libapparmor1 (>= 2.7.0~beta1+bzr1772), libasound2 (>= 1.0.24.1), libc6 (>= 2.27), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libltdl7 (>= 2.4.6), liborc-0.4-0 (>= 1:0.4.25), libpulse0 (= 1:11.1-1ubuntu7), libsm6, libsndfile1 (>= 1.0.20), 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, libxcb1, libxtst6, adduser, lsb-base (>= 3.2-13), libasound2-plugins, pulseaudio-utils
Recommends: rtkit
Suggests: udev, pavumeter, pavucontrol, paman, paprefs, ubuntu-sounds
Filename: pool/main/p/pulseaudio/pulseaudio_11.1-1ubuntu7_amd64.deb
Size: 783276
MD5sum: 18645d2863c2ebbe4e03e1ec38558f99
SHA1: 872c5ade8149e5e85c2fad2316a23f983d423caa
SHA256: 5202cc55693078990f6829a7934ae1c10cd69bf701f182e48c0d01688e2aa140
Homepage: http://www.pulseaudio.org
Description: PulseAudio sound server
Description-md5: 15c158aa11824c8a768e4d670919d02d
Task: ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop-share, lubuntu-gtk-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-qt-core, lubuntu-qt-desktop, lubuntu-qt-desktop, ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-audio, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Supported: 5y