ALSA

Overview

The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) provides audio and MIDI functionality to the Linux operating system.

Use ALSA on with Applications requiring PulseAudio

Using applications which require PuleAudio on systems which only have ALSA installed can be accomplished through the use of apulse which is a 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
• apulse Forum Topic