Hi, On Sat, 15 Apr 2017 11:12:12 +0200, Hans Schneidhofer wrote: >how can I forbid the installation of pulseaudio in any additional >package ?
sudo -i apt update && apt install equivs equivs-control pulseaudio nano pulseaudio # Edit the file similar to [1] equivs-build dpkg -i pulseaudio*deb More information: https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-helpers.en.html >pulseaudio is hidden behind some other libs etc. Then the command line or the synaptic GUI does show what dependencies get installed. Simply read what packages get installed, before you confirm to install them. However, it's safe to use an empty dummy package. OTOH there usually is no need to install such a dummy package, since pulseaudio much likely isn't required, perhaps just an optional dependency (recommended or suggested). FWIW in the future Firefox will drop ALSA support completely and requires pulseaudio. At the moment upstream's default is already to compile without ALSA support, just package maintainers might still compile with ALSA enabled. Consider to build and install http://github.com/i-rinat/apulse if you should use Firefox in the future without pulseaudio installed. This should work for skype, too, but I only tested it with Firefox, so I only can confirm that it will work with Firefox compiled without ALSA support and a RME HDSPe AIO. Regards, Ralf [1] [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ cat /mnt/moonstudio/usr/src/dummies/pulseaudio Priority: optional Standards-Version: 3.9.2 Package: pulseaudio Version: 2016:07-13-moonstudio Maintainer: Weremouse <silver.bul...@zoho.com> Architecture: all Description: Dummy package -- ubuntu-studio-users mailing list ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users