How To Install qasmixer 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 qasmixer on Ubuntu.

What is qasmixer

qasmixer 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

QasMixer is a desktop mixer application for ALSA’s “Simple Mixer Interface” and offers features similar to alsamixer. It also features a system tray icon with basic mixer functionality.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install qasmixer

Install qasmixer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install qasmixer

Install qasmixer 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 qasmixer using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install qasmixer

How To Uninstall qasmixer on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove qasmixer

Uninstall qasmixer And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove qasmixer

Remove qasmixer Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge qasmixer

Remove qasmixer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qasmixer

Dependencies

qasmixer have the following dependencies:

• qastools-common
• libasound2
• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libqt5core5a
• libqt5gui5
• libqt5network5
• libqt5svg5
• libqt5widgets5
• libstdc++6
• libudev1

References

• qasmixer website

Summary

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