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Quick installation of gnome-alsamixer:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: gnome-alsamixer
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install gnome-alsamixer
Package Details | |
| Package: | gnome-alsamixer |
| Version: | 0.9.7~cvs.20060916.ds.1-3 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | |
| Description: | ALSA sound mixer for GNOME A "volume control" application. You can use it to adjust the volume of different sound sources of your sound card. . It has a nice graphical user interface and a lot of features: . - access to all of your computers sound cards and audio sources - possibility to give them custom names - only display the mixer controls you need - access to all the extra features some sound cards offer, like 3d enhancement, microphone gain boost... - and more . This application uses the ALSA sound API, you cannot use it if you use the (older) OSS drivers for your sound card(s). In return, it gives you access to all the functionality ALSA provides with the "alsamixer" program, found in the "alsa-utils" package. |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | universe/sound |
How to install gnome-alsamixer on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
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Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If gnome-alsamixer is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L gnome-alsamixer' will give followin error.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L gnome-alsamixer Package `gnome-alsamixer' is not installed. Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$
Installing gnome-alsamixer:
After system update use the following command to install gnome-alsamixer:
sudo apt-get install gnome-alsamixer
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
How to uninstall/remove gnome-alsamixer from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the gnome-alsamixer from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the gnome-alsamixer following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-alsamixer
Following command is used to remove the gnome-alsamixer package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove gnome-alsamixer
This will remove gnome-alsamixer and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing gnome-alsamixer with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge gnome-alsamixer
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove gnome-alsamixer
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with gnome-alsamixer package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.
