How to Install and Uninstall pipewire Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: April 25,2024

1. Install "pipewire" package

Please follow the instructions below to install pipewire on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall pipewire on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                pipewire
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the pipewire package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: pipewire
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.3.32-1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 25
Depends: libpipewire-0.3-modules (= 0.3.32-1), pipewire-bin (= 0.3.32-1), init-system-helpers (>= 1.52)
Filename: pool/main/p/pipewire/pipewire_0.3.32-1_amd64.deb
Size: 3922
MD5sum: 1ce52409e93bd769d3ac4940992d5ebf
SHA1: 9c5247b212a95fdbf78ebd4477c58d0a9d6ba39c
SHA256: ed1335379d966b5e68993000525a4bb079c686b8ba60346970f82ec02c787bcb
SHA512: b561a177dd28bfcf0a32f6de0be6584f6efa19a47c5de43549208d110d58f268ac06621abe0d1366adc3f0f618a1065fe045239b3bbe4aa93272c8f873cdfcce
Homepage: https://pipewire.org/
Description-en: audio and video processing engine multimedia server
PipeWire is a server and user space API to deal with multimedia
pipelines. This includes:
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- Making available sources of video (such as from a capture devices or
application provided streams) and multiplexing this with clients.
- Accessing sources of video for consumption.
- Generating graphs for audio and video processing.
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This metapackage makes PipeWire available for programs of the same
architecture, and provides the systemd user service necessary to run
pipewire on-demand.
Description-md5: 7683ccf51ec444edb89ba51bf96fc96c
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi