how to get rid of pulseaudio gracefully
Running wheezy - kde plasma desktop
I want to get rid of pulseaudio. I almost never even use sound in
linux and I see it always chugging away at 5-8 % cpu. That seems a
bit extreme some how.
But anyway I don't need it.
aptitude remove pulseaudio
Offers what appear to be pretty ridiculous solutions.
Things like uninstalling gnome-core. Isn't that a bit dramatic just
to get rid of pulseaudio?
Remove the following packages
1) gnome-accessibility
2) gnome-core
3) libcanberra-pulse
4) pulseaudio-esound-compat
5) pulseaudio-module-x11
6) task-gnome-desktop
Leave the following dependencies unresolved:
7) gnome-settings-daemon recommends pulseaudio
8) speech-dispatcher recommends pulseaudio
9) task-desktop recommends task-gnome-desktop | task-kde-desktop | task-lxde
Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?]
When I say `n' I get another rather dramatic solution:
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
Remove the following packages:
1) gnome-accessibility
2) gnome-core
3) libcanberra-pulse
4) pulseaudio-esound-compat
5) pulseaudio-module-x11
6) task-gnome-desktop
Install the following packages:
7) cdparanoia [3.10.2+debian-10 (testing)]
8) cdrskin [1.1.8-1 (testing)]
9) dvd+rw-tools [7.1-10 (testing)]
10) genisoimage [9:1.1.11-2 (testing)]
11) k3b [2.0.2-3 (testing)]
12) k3b-data [2.0.2-3 (testing)]
13) k3b-i18n [2.0.2-3 (testing)]
14) libflac++6 [1.2.1-6 (testing)]
15) libk3b6 [2.0.2-3 (testing)]
16) libk3b6-extracodecs [2.0.2-3 (testing)]
17) libqtcore4-perl [4.5~~svn1145508-2+b2 (testing)]
18) libqtgui4-perl [4.5~~svn1145508-2+b2 (testing)]
19) menu-xdg [0.5 (now, testing)]
20) task-kde-desktop [3.07 (testing)]
21) vcdimager [0.7.23-5 (testing)]
Leave the following dependencies unresolved:
22) gnome-settings-daemon recommends pulseaudio
23) speech-dispatcher recommends pulseaudio
24) task-kde-desktop recommends k3b
Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?]
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I don't need most of what I see there
I don't understand why this needs to be such a dramatic step.
I'm asked either to uninstall fairly basic pkgs like gnome-core or to
install a whole pile of stuff...
Just to be rid of pulseaudio.
I must be going at this all wrong?
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