How to run FIREFOX without pulseaudio, by using "apulse"

[Flemur]

I really hate pulseaudio, and firefox > v50 or v52 "requires" it.

There are two work-arounds:
- compile firefox with certain options which might not work later ... this is a major PITA.

Or:
- install "apulse"

EDIT:

@TeaSwigger » Mon Aug 20, 2018 4:43 pm
@Flemur , you might add in your initial post that apulse is available in the repos for Mint 19 / ubuntu 18.x

So for Mint 19.x, just install 'apulse' like a regular package from the repos. Otherwise, do the below...
/EDIT

https://github.com/i-rinat/apulse
1 - download the zip file, extract it into "apulse-master"
2 - cd apulse-master
3 - NOTE: the first step below (from the website) is WRONG. It won't work!

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mkdir build && cd build (NO! DON'T DO THIS STEP!)
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release 
make
sudo make install

I needed to install :
cmake
libglib2.0-dev, which the makefile calls "glib2.0"
libasound2-dev, which the makefile calls "alsa"

In firefox:

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about:config -> security.sandbox.content.write_path_whitelist = /dev/snd/

(with trailing "/"; comma separated if there were already values).

Uninstall or disable pulseaudio, and reboot.

Run firefox like this:

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apulse firefox

[TeaSwigger]

Thank you, Flemur, for sharing this find.

Following your directions for installing apulse was a success on my test system (18.3 Mint xfce).

[mrkapqa]

Is there a way to easily undo these steps, eg. uninstalling Apulse after having it installed?


Thank you!

[Flemur]

Is there a way to easily undo these steps, eg. uninstalling Apulse after having it installed?

The README.md file suggests making a ".deb" file (or some such), but this is easier:

I just re-ran the "make install", it said:

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Install the project...
-- Install configuration: "Release"
-- Installing: /usr/bin/apulse
-- Installing: /usr/lib/apulse/libpulse-simple.so.0
-- Up-to-date: /usr/lib/apulse/libpulse-simple.so
-- Installing: /usr/lib/apulse/libpulse.so.0
-- Up-to-date: /usr/lib/apulse/libpulse.so
-- Installing: /usr/lib/apulse/libpulse-mainloop-glib.so.0
-- Up-to-date: /usr/lib/apulse/libpulse-mainloop-glib.so
-- Installing: /usr/share/man/man1/apulse.1
$

So just:

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sudo rm -r /usr/bin/apulse 
sudo rm -r /usr/lib/apulse
sudo rm -r /usr/share/man/man1/apulse.1

[TeaSwigger]

@Flemur , you might add in your initial post that apulse is available in the repos for Mint 19 / ubuntu 18.x