ALSA

Overview

This article describes how to run applications which depend on pulseaudio on systems which only have alsa installed. This is done using apulse which is pulse emulator for alsa.

Install apulse

Install apulse from the AUR using a your preferred package manager or the command:

pamac build apulse

It is built from source so it may take some time to install. Once it is done, create a basic config file using the command:

cp /usr/share/apulse/asoundrc.sample ~/.asoundrc

Using apulse

Using apulse is a simple typing apulse <program> in a terminal. For example:

apulse /usr/lib/firefox/firefox

If all is working, you should now have sound in Firefox without needing pulseaudio

See also

• The official apulse site
• Forum Page