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

Last updated: April 16,2024

1. Install "pulseaudio-utils" package

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


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall pulseaudio-utils on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                pulseaudio-utils
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the pulseaudio-utils package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: pulseaudio-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.15
Priority: optional
Section: sound
Source: pulseaudio
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Pulseaudio maintenance team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 265
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.16), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libpulse0 (= 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.15), libsm6, libsndfile1 (>= 1.0.20), libx11-6, libx11-xcb1, libxcb1, libxtst6, libpulsedsp
Suggests: avahi-daemon, pulseaudio
Filename: pool/main/p/pulseaudio/pulseaudio-utils_8.0-0ubuntu3.15_amd64.deb
Size: 51058
MD5sum: fa6f58cf15dceff65bd50b9937b7d5ed
SHA1: 3eaf04335b6cc297e78c6f7b2a0ba6822803dc3f
SHA256: 93761daa274300c8cb574d190c2da2b94897839f763a268a34f1d1d1f4d85db9
SHA512: c1fca1b429c5cb68bdddb3b976867f088fdf9d60edbdba38b4e70deda71b2d984fda3611ab90727a0b771b77ddbd7c543becdd87b2822cffeff542a0aa2c0d3a
Homepage: http://www.pulseaudio.org
Description-en: Command line tools for the 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 tools provide command line access to various features of the
PulseAudio sound server. Included tools are:
.
paplay - Playback a WAV file via a PulseAudio sink.
pacat - Cat raw audio data to a PulseAudio sink.
parec - Cat raw audio data from a PulseAudio source.
pacmd - Connect to PulseAudio's built-in command line control interface.
pactl - Send a control command to a PulseAudio server.
padsp - /dev/dsp wrapper to transparently support OSS applications.
pax11publish - Store/retrieve PulseAudio default server/sink/source
settings in the X11 root window.
Description-md5: d8d6ff926bb9214bc0212fd3318ba0e6
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-utils
Priority: optional
Section: sound
Installed-Size: 262
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Pulseaudio maintenance team
Architecture: amd64
Source: pulseaudio
Version: 1:8.0-0ubuntu3
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.16), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libpulse0 (= 1:8.0-0ubuntu3), libsm6, libsndfile1 (>= 1.0.20), libx11-6, libx11-xcb1, libxcb1, libxtst6, libpulsedsp
Suggests: avahi-daemon, pulseaudio
Filename: pool/main/p/pulseaudio/pulseaudio-utils_8.0-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 51100
MD5sum: 763c13c7bd0f4cbca2463ed67aad0d16
SHA1: f57ea2847e5d1c287b1d34ae496ee18118a954c9
SHA256: 233664df86194989558a75af1acaab576d9b59b59f7068fe9790b60a75cf6783
Description-en: Command line tools for the 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 tools provide command line access to various features of the
PulseAudio sound server. Included tools are:
.
paplay - Playback a WAV file via a PulseAudio sink.
pacat - Cat raw audio data to a PulseAudio sink.
parec - Cat raw audio data from a PulseAudio source.
pacmd - Connect to PulseAudio's built-in command line control interface.
pactl - Send a control command to a PulseAudio server.
padsp - /dev/dsp wrapper to transparently support OSS applications.
pax11publish - Store/retrieve PulseAudio default server/sink/source
settings in the X11 root window.
Description-md5: d8d6ff926bb9214bc0212fd3318ba0e6
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