So I installed Signal messenger and later needed pulse audio and lsp plugins. Now the search in the menu no longer finds Signal in search. :-( I have to go to “Internet -> Signal” to open it.

How to fix this?

  • LalSalaamComrade@lemmy.ml
    101·
    1 year ago

    But those aren’t a part of the PulseAudio package in general - at least from what I know. Looks more like LADSPA and CALF plugins to me. Maybe you’ve installed them accidentally?

    • ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ@lemm.eeOP
      21·
      1 year ago

      i needed pulse audio and those plugins to get some shitty monitor to work and not sound too bad. lsp plugins was the only thing that worked.

      • LalSalaamComrade@lemmy.ml
        53·
        1 year ago

        I’m going to install Linux Mint on a VM and see what’s going wrong with yours. But when you’re dealing with older native package managers, you’ll come across packages that litter your desktop. This isn’t the case with modern ones like NixOS or Guix, however. I see that you’re adhering to UNIX philosophy, in which case, you should use independent distros like Devuan, Hyperbola, etc.

        • ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ@lemm.eeOP
          3·
          1 year ago

          oh ok. thanks. i am using different linux distros on different machines and devuan is cool for me. yet i was supprised not to find signal messenger at all anymore in search on mint. its not last in the list but not in the results at all anymore.

          • LalSalaamComrade@lemmy.ml
            2·
            1 year ago

            If you scroll down in the comments below, you’ll understand why - OP doesn’t like corporate backed software.

  • papafoss@lemmy.world
    1611·
    1 year ago

    I would uninstall and use the flatpak. Way easier than solving dependencie issues

    • Synthead@lemmy.worldEnglish
      152·
      1 year ago

      Installing an optional dependency for an optional feature is hard? What happened to Linux users?

      • papafoss@lemmy.world
        24·
        1 year ago

        I didn’t say it was hard just said flatpaks are easy. Also why don’t you post a solution?

        • papafoss@lemmy.world
          64·
          1 year ago

          Hey we all have our unix philosophy cringe phase. Just let the kid play he will grow up one day.

          • theshatterstone54@feddit.uk
            3·
            1 year ago

            Okay then. Surely you can ask for help (and receive it) without being rude to, and about the accomplishments of, developers that have made the Linux desktop accessible enough for regular folks to use.

              • theshatterstone54@feddit.uk
                4·
                1 year ago

                What’s your problem with Poettering? I really don’t get it. You don’t want to use his projects? Then don’t use them. But don’t be angry at a person who made the Linux desktop NOT a mess. Everyone I’ve ever talked to agrees that the days before systemd were a mess.

          • Sentau@feddit.de
            31·
            1 year ago

            But if you need the help of his code and products, then you should begrudging acknowledge that he is not an idiot. If you truly believe that he is an idiot, you should find a solution to your problem without pulseaudio or systemd because if not you are just an hypocrite.

            • ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ@lemm.eeOP
              21·
              1 year ago

              dude…i am not to deceide what OS is used on some machines. and just because ppl like lennart or bill are shit, doesnt mean at some point i wont be forced to see their crap. they crap is everywhere.

        • ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ@lemm.eeOP
          23·
          1 year ago

          he works for M$ now… the home of crooked devs…like that time bill stole msdos from TI to start microsoft. crooked ppl.

          • theshatterstone54@feddit.uk
            4·
            1 year ago

            Hahaha, I wrote a paper on the early history of M$ and the Gary Killdall story, where Gates bought QDOS (the quick and dirty operating system) to offer to IBM, after sending IBM to Killdall (so IBM can get CP/M from Killdall) but after IBM came back to Gates empty-handed (cuz Killdall was out having fun, missing the opportunity of a lifetime) Gates offered that Microsoft could do the OS for IBM so M$ bought QDOS, did some changes in branding (and other tweaks) and then got it packaged for IBM’s new computers. If I recall correctly, Killdall threatened to sue, and afterwards, there was a CP/M version offered alongside the MS-DOS version. However, the MSDOS version was like $10-$20 while CP/M was in the hundreds of dollars on top of the computer itself. So Microsoft won.

            BUT this was NOT the beginning of M$. They started with BASIC interpreters for Altair when Gates and Allen were at Harvard.