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

Last updated: April 25,2024

1. Install "pulseaudio" package

This is a short guide on how to install pulseaudio on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall pulseaudio on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: pulseaudio
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:15.0+dfsg1-1ubuntu2.1
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: 4520
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: libapparmor1 (>= 2.6~devel), 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 (>= 3.3.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.28.0), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libltdl7 (>= 2.4.6), liborc-0.4-0 (>= 1:0.4.25), libpulse0 (= 1:15.0+dfsg1-1ubuntu2.1), libsm6, libsnapd-glib1 (>= 1.49), libsndfile1 (>= 1.0.20), libsoxr0 (>= 0.1.1), libspeexdsp1 (>= 1.2~beta3.2-1), libstdc++6 (>= 11), libsystemd0, libtdb1 (>= 1.2.7+git20101214), libudev1 (>= 183), libwebrtc-audio-processing1, libx11-6 (>= 2:1.7.0), libx11-xcb1 (>= 2:1.7.2), 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, ubuntu-sounds
Filename: pool/main/p/pulseaudio/pulseaudio_15.0+dfsg1-1ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb
Size: 895746
MD5sum: dd198c70295662f541472ef40178022e
SHA1: 0d781c312aea328812a59f5bf6b9f27a166b9e3c
SHA256: 42f5863f780e2d5665a4c80c99c2bf3231fecb489b5ebe5b2e618cafd6d47f0f
SHA512: b53258860b47d480c9178556e7f9639daca1a7dd5affbb0f3bf365e9c99b0028f19e1d7959e3e5778b067a65c575f1fe2b8a38e4702acbc3669c1c25f74eb2ed
Homepage: http://www.pulseaudio.org
Description-en: PulseAudio sound server
PulseAudio, previously known as Polypaudio, is a sound server for POSIX and
WIN32 systems. It is a drop in replacement for the ESD sound server with
much better latency, mixing/re-sampling quality and overall architecture.
.
These are some of PulseAudio's features:
.
* High quality software mixing of multiple audio streams with support for
more than one sink/source. May be used to combine multiple sound cards
into one (with sample rate adjustment).
.
* Wide range of supported client libraries. ESD, ALSA, oss, libao and
GStreamer client applications are supported as-is. Native PulseAudio
plug-ins are also available for xmms and mplayer.
.
* Good low latency behaviour and very accurate latency measurement for
playback and recording. Ability to fully synchronize multiple playback
streams.
.
* Network transparency, allowing an application to play back or record
audio on a different machine than the one it is running on.
.
* Extensible plug-in architecture with plug-ins for jackd, multicast-rtp
lirc and avahi, just to name a few.
.
This package contains the daemon and basic module set.
Description-md5: 15c158aa11824c8a768e4d670919d02d
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

Package: pulseaudio
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:15.0+dfsg1-1ubuntu2
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: 4548
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: libapparmor1 (>= 2.6~devel), libasound2 (>= 1.2.1.1), libc6 (>= 2.33), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libfftw3-single3 (>= 3.3.5), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.28.0), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libltdl7 (>= 2.4.6), liborc-0.4-0 (>= 1:0.4.25), libpulse0 (= 1:15.0+dfsg1-1ubuntu2), libsm6, libsnapd-glib1 (>= 1.49), libsndfile1 (>= 1.0.20), libsoxr0 (>= 0.1.1), libspeexdsp1 (>= 1.2~beta3.2-1), libstdc++6 (>= 11), libsystemd0, libtdb1 (>= 1.2.7+git20101214), libudev1 (>= 183), libwebrtc-audio-processing1, libx11-6 (>= 2:1.7.0), libx11-xcb1 (>= 2:1.7.2), 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, ubuntu-sounds
Filename: pool/main/p/pulseaudio/pulseaudio_15.0+dfsg1-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 898866
MD5sum: 2ae99273fe23fab285650815d0307ceb
SHA1: 18985a51a4bc7681db9e25734ee3fcdb4793c79d
SHA256: e980942bdf3d83175333e36574c417e7dcaf3de6a0db3666202f3c4c48791ea9
SHA512: 47e74791f3fc5ff8cd128c25e7cb6486b71da15cd1815d844580b978ec8b5143981a39c0b76caa71950773d98f86ba3e474a0d57504fc6d6c69b702dc270b7ca
Homepage: http://www.pulseaudio.org
Description-en: PulseAudio sound server
PulseAudio, previously known as Polypaudio, is a sound server for POSIX and
WIN32 systems. It is a drop in replacement for the ESD sound server with
much better latency, mixing/re-sampling quality and overall architecture.
.
These are some of PulseAudio's features:
.
* High quality software mixing of multiple audio streams with support for
more than one sink/source. May be used to combine multiple sound cards
into one (with sample rate adjustment).
.
* Wide range of supported client libraries. ESD, ALSA, oss, libao and
GStreamer client applications are supported as-is. Native PulseAudio
plug-ins are also available for xmms and mplayer.
.
* Good low latency behaviour and very accurate latency measurement for
playback and recording. Ability to fully synchronize multiple playback
streams.
.
* Network transparency, allowing an application to play back or record
audio on a different machine than the one it is running on.
.
* Extensible plug-in architecture with plug-ins for jackd, multicast-rtp
lirc and avahi, just to name a few.
.
This package contains the daemon and basic module set.
Description-md5: 15c158aa11824c8a768e4d670919d02d
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