How to Install and Uninstall pulseaudio Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 21,2024

1. Install "pulseaudio" package

This guide let you learn how to install pulseaudio on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall pulseaudio on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: pulseaudio
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.15
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: 3872
Depends: libasound2 (>= 1.0.24.1), libc6 (>= 2.15), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libfftw3-single3, libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.28.0), libltdl7 (>= 2.4.6), liborc-0.4-0 (>= 1:0.4.25), libpulse0 (= 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.15), 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-processing-0, libx11-6, libx11-xcb1, libxcb1, adduser, lsb-base (>= 3.2-13), libpam-systemd, udev (>= 143), libasound2-plugins, pulseaudio-utils
Recommends: pulseaudio-module-x11, rtkit
Suggests: pavumeter, pavucontrol, paman, paprefs
Breaks: avahi-daemon (<< 0.6.31-3), libltdl3 (<< 1.5.24-1)
Filename: pool/main/p/pulseaudio/pulseaudio_8.0-0ubuntu3.15_amd64.deb
Size: 771142
MD5sum: 50818807ea9bc272594703c8b6e33fd9
SHA1: 2bc3c3f408274295648b41b98e10a0e75c1bf14c
SHA256: 89e572f7fb7d3334069a6eb97c7d93a77b7a76e9985da4a3a797d2529a6b0f86
SHA512: f1940090eef0dee0e84242d878ff49bef68f49dedd6fdf2d25e45fcc302117d7f2f12a50cbc91a0e7d9e613ca3eacfd79fe5f7134a8c1e930844d10f8630da52
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, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-audio, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntu-touch-core, ubuntu-touch, ubuntu-touch, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop
Supported: 5y

Package: pulseaudio
Priority: optional
Section: sound
Installed-Size: 3840
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Pulseaudio maintenance team
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:8.0-0ubuntu3
Depends: libasound2 (>= 1.0.24.1), libc6 (>= 2.15), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libfftw3-single3, libltdl7 (>= 2.4.6), liborc-0.4-0 (>= 1:0.4.25), libpulse0 (= 1:8.0-0ubuntu3), 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-processing-0, libx11-6, libx11-xcb1, libxcb1, adduser, lsb-base (>= 3.2-13), libpam-systemd, udev (>= 143), libasound2-plugins, pulseaudio-utils
Recommends: pulseaudio-module-x11, rtkit
Suggests: pavumeter, pavucontrol, paman, paprefs
Breaks: avahi-daemon (<< 0.6.31-3), libltdl3 (<< 1.5.24-1)
Filename: pool/main/p/pulseaudio/pulseaudio_8.0-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 762854
MD5sum: ffb4812cd8ae1064cada81feb8510b53
SHA1: 75fd71082a33f0f7fe6a89e21f7081cf23862e0e
SHA256: 05b58333bef4a5936ad9786a8b117caac634c731ecf03e14d2ed05b0a80a33b3
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
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.pulseaudio.org
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-audio, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntu-touch-core, ubuntu-touch, ubuntu-touch, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop