Deleted Pulseaudio from dom0 and broke every VM

[Featheruser]

Qubes OS version:

R3.2

Affected component(s):

All VMs and dom0

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Steps to reproduce the behavior:

in dom0 'sudo dnf remove pulseaudio

Expected behavior:

Remove pulseaudio from dom0

Actual behavior:

deleted pulseaudio, pulseaudiomodule-conf and:
paprefs
qubes-gui-dom0
rtkit
soxr
speexdsp
webrtc-audio-processing

General notes:

stopped all vms from starting, how can I reinstall pulseaudio and the dependencies.

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Related issues:

[andrewdavidwong]

Based on our issue reporting guidelines, this does not appear to be suitable for qubes-issues. We ask that you please send this to the qubes-users mailing list instead. If, after reading our issue reporting guidelines, you believe we are mistaken, please leave a brief comment explaining why. We'll be happy to take another look, and, if appropriate, reopen this issue. Thank you for your understanding.

[andrewdavidwong]

Based on our issue reporting guidelines, this does not appear to be suitable for qubes-issues. We ask that you please send this to the qubes-users mailing list instead. If, after reading our issue reporting guidelines, you believe we are mistaken, please leave a brief comment explaining why. We'll be happy to take another look, and, if appropriate, reopen this issue. Thank you for your understanding.

[Featheruser]

Would it be unwise to set "keepcache=1" inside "/etc/dnf/dnf.conf" by default so that the command 'dnf history undo' can be executed to restore critical software?

[Featheruser]

Would it be unwise to set "keepcache=1" inside "/etc/dnf/dnf.conf" by default so that the command 'dnf history undo' can be executed to restore critical software?

[marmarek]

That's a bad idea, as downloaded packages may be quite large (for example extra templates).

[marmarek]

That's a bad idea, as downloaded packages may be quite large (for example extra templates).

[Featheruser]

what was it that made dnf remove qubes-gui-dom0?

[Featheruser]

what was it that made dnf remove qubes-gui-dom0?

[marmarek]

qubes-gui-dom0 depends on pulseaudio, which you've removed.

[marmarek]

qubes-gui-dom0 depends on pulseaudio, which you've removed.

[Featheruser]

the gui depends on an audio program?

[Featheruser]

the gui depends on an audio program?

[marmarek]

Yes, part of qubes-gui package is handling audio virtualization. Anyway, this isn't a place for this discussion, as @andrewdavidwong said before.

[marmarek]

Yes, part of qubes-gui package is handling audio virtualization. Anyway, this isn't a place for this discussion, as @andrewdavidwong said before.