How To Install qashctl 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 qashctl on Ubuntu.

What is qashctl

qashctl is:

QasTools is a collection of desktop applications for the Linux sound system ALSA.

The applications included are:

• QasConfig - browser for the ALSA configuration tree
• QasHctl - mixer for ALSA’s High level Control Interface
• QasMixer - desktop mixer with features similar to alsamixer

QasHctl is a mixer application for ALSA’s “High level Control Interface”. This interface allows more complex interaction than the “Simple Mixer Interface” which is used by alsamixer and QasMixer.

There are three methods to install qashctl 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 qashctl Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install qashctl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install qashctl

Install qashctl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install qashctl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install qashctl

Install qashctl 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 qashctl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install qashctl

How To Uninstall qashctl on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the qashctl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove qashctl

Uninstall qashctl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall qashctl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove qashctl

Remove qashctl Configurations and Data

To remove qashctl configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge qashctl

Remove qashctl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove qashctl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qashctl

Dependencies

qashctl have the following dependencies:

• qastools-common
• libasound2
• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libqt5core5a
• libqt5gui5
• libqt5svg5
• libqt5widgets5
• libstdc++6
• libudev1

References

• qashctl website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qashctl package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.