How To Install gom on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gom on Ubuntu.
What is gom
gom is:
gom is a command line mixer utility with optional built-in ncurses interactive interface.
Its main feature is an exhaustive command line interface that makes it ideal for scripting (e.g. for audio recording, running at user and/or system login time, setting/restoring of settings, etc).
It supports OSS only, so if you want to use it with ALSA, you will need its OSS-compatible modules. If you want to use all possible features of ALSA however, you would need to use a mixer program dedicated for ALSA.
There are three methods to install gom on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gom Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gom using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gom
Install gom Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gom using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gom
Install gom Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install gom using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gom
How To Uninstall gom on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the gom package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gom
Uninstall gom And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gom and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gom
Remove gom Configurations and Data
To remove gom configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gom
Remove gom configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gom configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gom
Dependencies
gom have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gom package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.