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When installing multimedia software pulseaudio can be pulled in as a dependency or as a recommends. This can be blocked by using APT pinning. Place a file in /etc/apt/preferences.d containing the following: -
Package: pulseaudio
Pin: release n=beowulf
Pin-Priority: -10
Any software you do not want installed can be blocked in a similar way.
I use a Perl script to generate an avoid-pkgName file.
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When installing multimedia software pulseaudio can be pulled in as a dependency or as a recommends. This can be blocked by using APT pinning. Place a file in /etc/apt/preferences.d containing the following: -
Package: pulseaudio
Pin: release n=beowulf
Pin-Priority: -10Any software you do not want installed can be blocked in a similar way.
I use a Perl script to generate an avoid-pkgName file.
Sounds good!
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... works until the next upgrade to chimaera.
And then murphy will predict that You forget to update the release entry before doing the update.
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This sounds like a good news : PipeWire 0.3.31 https://www.reddit.com/r/MXLinux/commen … chpad_ppa/
Supports on MX Linux and ubuntu 18.04 also Or All Debian based distros
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Package: pulseaudio
Pin: release o=Devuan
Pin-Priority: -10
Yes should be better to deal with version upgrades.
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