pulseaudio - how to access?

[theraja57]

pulseaudio is listed in the synaptic package manager as already loaded (server, bluetooth and commandline tools) but doesn't show up in "all applications". My ultimate goal is to use the equalizer tool. How do I access pulseaudio?

[thx-1138]

apt install pulseaudio-equalizer
qpaeq

[theraja57]

thanks thx - Here's the the message that followed your cammands:
There was an error connecting to pulseaudio, please make sure you have the pulseaudio dbus module loaded, exiting...
I couldn't find a package to load referring to dbus.

[thx-1138]

Try this - you can edit the file in question with xed admin:///etc/pulse/default.pa.

The module-dbus-protocol library that it complained above already comes with the standard pulseaudio install,
there's no extra / separate package indeed (it's simply not enabled by default...)

[theraja57]

Did the trick. Thanks!