# Pulseaudio dependency breaks install and updates on Ubuntu with pipewire

**URL:** <https://qa.fmod.com/t/pulseaudio-dependency-breaks-install-and-updates-on-ubuntu-with-pipewire/20600>\
**Category:** FMOD Studio\
**Tags:** linux\
**Created:** [August 28, 2023, 12:08am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/pulseaudio-dependency-breaks-install-and-updates-on-ubuntu-with-pipewire/20600 "2023-08-28T00:08:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![gahel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/90ced4/32.png) [@gahel](https://qa.fmod.com/u/gahel)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 12:08am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/pulseaudio-dependency-breaks-install-and-updates-on-ubuntu-with-pipewire/20600/1 "2023-08-28T00:08:23Z")

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Hi,

I’ve been using FMOD a little on a system with pipewire installed but no pulseaudio and it’s been working without any issue so far despite the deb package requiring the pulseaudio dependency.

The problem is, that this unmet dependency is breaking the updates with apt and complicates the installation of FMOD itself. If pipewire-pulse is indeed working properly with FMOD, would it be possible to take it into account in the deb package?

For anyone else having this problem, you can work around it by editing fmodstudio’s dependencies in `/var/lib/dpkg/status` and replace `pulseaudio` by `pulseaudio | pipewire-pulse`

For reference mine looks like this:

```auto
Package: fmodstudio
Status: install ok unpacked
Priority: optional
Maintainer: Firelight Technologies
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.02.17
Depends: libfreetype6, libpng16-16, libgl1, libegl1, xorg, libasound2, libasound2-plugins, pulseaudio | pipewire-pulse, libnspr4, libnss3, libfontconfig1, zlib1g
Description: Made for games - FMOD is the solution for adaptive audio.

```

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**Author:** ![Leah\_FMOD](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/leah_fmod/32/3685_2.png) [@Leah\_FMOD](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Leah_FMOD)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 12:06am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/pulseaudio-dependency-breaks-install-and-updates-on-ubuntu-with-pipewire/20600/2 "2023-08-29T00:06:20Z")

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Thanks for reaching out with this issue, and for providing a workaround - I’ve noted it on our internal feature/improvement tracker.

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**Author:** ![gahel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/90ced4/32.png) [@gahel](https://qa.fmod.com/u/gahel)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/pulseaudio-dependency-breaks-install-and-updates-on-ubuntu-with-pipewire/20600/3 "2023-08-29T13:44:19Z")

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I forgot to precise how to install FMOD deb without pulseaudio:  
`sudo dpkg --ignore-depends=pulseaudio -i /path/to/fmodstudio-installer.deb`

Then edit `/var/lib/dpkg/status` like explained in the first post