[arch-general] Is there a clean solution to get completely rid of Pulseaudio?

[Paul Gideon Dann]

On Friday 23 Dec 2011 11:45:23 Ralf Madorf wrote:
> I'll use jack, no desktop sound, no Skype etc., just pro and consumer
> multimedia apps, flashplayer.
> There hopefully is a way to fake that PA is installed.

Hi Ralph,

I have no idea if this will work for you but try this:

1) Create an empty directory.
2) Create a file named PKGBUILD inside that directory, with the following 
content:

pkgname=pulseaudio-dummy
pkgver=1.0
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="A dummy packages that pretends to provide pulseaudio."
arch=('any')
url=""
license=('BSD')
provides=('pulseaudio')
conflicts=('pulseaudio')
source=()

3) At the command-line, in that directory, type:

# makepkg
# pacman -U *.pkg.*

(You may need to use "sudo" for that last command, or switch to root first 
using "su -".)

This should install a package named "pulseaudio-dummy", which contains 
absolutely nothing, but claims that it satisfies the dependency "pulseaudio".  
This *might* fix your problem, but it might also cause GNOME to crash.  I don't 
use GNOME, and I don't know enough about its dependency on pulseaudio to be 
certain what will happen.

I hope this helps,
Paul