ubuntu-unity-desktop metapackage requires pulseaudio

Bug #1999480 reported by Jonas Gamao
6
This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
indicator-sound (Ubuntu)
New
Undecided
Unassigned
pipewire (Ubuntu)
New
Undecided
Unassigned
ubuntu-unity-meta (Ubuntu)
New
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

I wanted to switch to Pipewire, and I decided to force it to see if Pipewire will work fine on Unity, which it does.

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 indicator-sound : Depends: pulseaudio
 ubuntu-unity-desktop : Depends: pulseaudio
                        Recommends: aisleriot but it is not installed
                        Recommends: branding-ubuntu but it is not installed
                        Recommends: cheese but it is not installed
                        Recommends: example-content but it is not installed
                        Recommends: gnome-mahjongg but it is not installed
                        Recommends: gnome-mines but it is not installed
                        Recommends: gnome-sudoku but it is not installed
                        Recommends: libreoffice-calc but it is not installed
                        Recommends: libreoffice-gnome but it is not installed
                        Recommends: libreoffice-impress but it is not installed
                        Recommends: libreoffice-math but it is not installed
                        Recommends: libreoffice-ogltrans
                        Recommends: libreoffice-pdfimport but it is not installed
                        Recommends: libreoffice-style-breeze but it is not installed
                        Recommends: libreoffice-writer but it is not installed
                        Recommends: pulseaudio-module-bluetooth but it is not installable
                        Recommends: remmina but it is not installed
                        Recommends: shotwell but it is not installed
                        Recommends: simple-scan but it is not installed
                        Recommends: transmission-gtk but it is not installed
                        Recommends: usb-creator-gtk but it is not installed
                        Recommends: vino but it is not installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

Please remove Pulseaudio as a dependency.
---
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7:ubuntu
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.04
Package: ubuntu-unity-desktop 0.11
PackageArchitecture: amd64
Uname: Linux 6.0.12-x64v1-xanmod1 x86_64
UnreportableReason:
 An error occurred while attempting to process this problem report:

 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'origins'
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin lxd plugdev sambashare sudo
_MarkForUpload: False
---
ProblemType: Bug
ActionStates: ({'volume-sync': (true, signature 't', [<uint64 0>]), 'previous.vlc.desktop': (true, '', []), 'play.vlc.desktop': (true, '', [<'Paused'>]), 'play-playlist.vlc.desktop': (true, 's', []), 'desktop-settings': (true, '', []), 'root': (true, '', [<{'title': <'Sound'>, 'accessible-desc': <'Volume (71%)'>, 'icon': <('themed', <['audio-volume-high-panel', 'audio-volume-high', 'audio-volume', 'audio', 'audio-volume-high-panel-symbolic', 'audio-volume-high-symbolic', 'audio-volume-symbolic', 'audio-symbolic']>)>, 'visible': <true>}>]), 'silent-mode': (true, '', [<false>]), 'high-volume': (true, '', [<false>]), 'next.vlc.desktop': (true, '', []), 'mic-volume': (true, '', [<1.0>]), 'volume': (true, 'i', [<0.7120361328125>]), 'vlc.desktop.greeter': (true, '', [<{'running': <false>, 'state': <'Paused'>}>]), 'vlc.desktop': (true, '', [<{'running': <false>, 'state': <'Paused'>}>]), 'indicator-shown': (true, '', [<false>]), 'mute': (true, '', [<false>]), 'scroll': (true, 'i', [])},)
ApportVersion: 2.23.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7:ubuntu
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.04
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-10-23 (50 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Unity 22.10 "Kinetic Kudu" - Release amd64 (20221018)
Package: indicator-sound 12.10.2+18.10.20180612-0ubuntu4
PackageArchitecture: amd64
Tags: lunar
Uname: Linux 6.0.12-x64v1-xanmod1 x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin lxd plugdev sambashare sudo
_MarkForUpload: True

Revision history for this message
Jonas Gamao (yamiyukisenpai) wrote : Dependencies.txt

apport information

tags: added: apport-collected
description: updated
Revision history for this message
Jonas Gamao (yamiyukisenpai) wrote : ProcEnviron.txt

apport information

tags: added: lunar
description: updated
Revision history for this message
Jonas Gamao (yamiyukisenpai) wrote : Dependencies.txt

apport information

Revision history for this message
Jonas Gamao (yamiyukisenpai) wrote : ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt

apport information

Revision history for this message
Jonas Gamao (yamiyukisenpai) wrote : ProcEnviron.txt

apport information

Revision history for this message
Jonas Gamao (yamiyukisenpai) wrote :

Please add Pipewire as alternative to Pulseaudio

Revision history for this message
Jonas Gamao (yamiyukisenpai) wrote :

Turns out my Kubuntu 22.10 (main system) still has PulseAudio installed, but isn't being used
I checked this guide and all of the packages mentioned are installed, and all packages that were to be removed are no longer here as well (on Kubuntu 22.10)
https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2022/04/pipewire-replace-pulseaudio-ubuntu-2204/

For some reason, when I do the same with Unity, it's asking me to remove `indicator-sound pulseaudio ubuntu-unity-desktop unity-control-center` when I want to install `pipewire-audio-client-libraries`
```
$ sudo apt install pipewire-audio-client-libraries libspa-0.2-bluetooth libspa-0.2-jack
[sudo] password for yamiyukisenpai:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
libspa-0.2-bluetooth is already the newest version (0.3.63-1).
libspa-0.2-jack is already the newest version (0.3.63-1).
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  accountsservice-ubuntu-schemas libqpdf28
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
  pipewire-alsa
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  indicator-sound pulseaudio ubuntu-unity-desktop unity-control-center
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  pipewire-alsa pipewire-audio-client-libraries
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 4 to remove and 19 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 50.6 kB of archives.
After this operation, 10.7 MB disk space will be freed.
```

To post a comment you must log in.
This report contains Public information  
Everyone can see this information.

Other bug subscribers

Remote bug watches

Bug watches keep track of this bug in other bug trackers.