How To Install Arecord In Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Arch, Kali, CentOS, Fedora And Raspbian?

How To Install Arecord In Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Arch, Kali, CentOS, Fedora And Raspbian?

arecord

Utilities for configuring and using ALSA

Maintainer: Debian ALSA Maintainers



Section: sound

Install arecord

  • Debian apt-get install alsa-utils Click to copy
  • Ubuntu apt-get install alsa-utils Click to copy
  • Alpine OS apk add alsa-utils Click to copy
  • Arch Linux pacman -S alsa-utils Click to copy
  • Kali Linux apt-get install alsa-utils Click to copy
  • CentOS yum install alsa-utils Click to copy
  • Fedora dnf install alsa-utils Click to copy
  • Raspbian apt-get install alsa-utils Click to copy

alsa-utils

Utilities for configuring and using ALSA

Included tools: - alsactl: advanced controls for ALSA sound drivers - alsaloop: create loopbacks between PCM capture and playback devices - alsamixer: curses mixer - alsaucm: alsa use case manager - amixer: command line mixer - amidi: read from and write to ALSA RawMIDI ports - aplay, arecord: command line playback and recording - aplaymidi, arecordmidi: command line MIDI playback and recording - aconnect, aseqnet, aseqdump: command line MIDI sequencer control - iecset: set or dump IEC958 status bits - speaker-test: speaker test tone generator ALSA is the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture.

Installing arecord command is simple. just copy one of the above commands for your operating system and paste it into terminal. This command is available for Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Arch, Kali, CentOS, Fedora and Raspbian operating systems. Once you run the command it will install the latest version of arecord 2026 package in your OS.