'apt install pulseaudio-module-jack' fails with error

[Todd Chaffee]

When I try to load pulseaudio-module-jack modules, I get an error:

Failure: Module initialization failed

When I look in /usr/lib/pulse-8.0/modules/ there are no jack modules.

So I then tried to install it with `sudo apt install pulseaudio-module-jack` after first running `sudo apt update`. The output gives me this error:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package pulseaudio-module-jack is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'pulseaudio-module-jack' has no installation candidate

[Todd Chaffee (tc-toddbiz)]

Commands I used to load modules:

pactl load-module module-jack-sink
pactl load-module module-jack-source

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Did you remember to install it first?

  sudo apt install pulseaudio-module-jack

[Todd Chaffee (tc-toddbiz)]

Sorry, I forget to mention the output of that:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package pulseaudio-module-jack is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'pulseaudio-module-jack' has no installation candidate

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Hmm, that's not right. The command:
  sudo apt install pulseaudio-module-jack
completes successfully on 16.04 for me.

Please run:
  dpkg -l > dpkgl.txt
and send us the resulting file.

You may also want to try downloading the package(s) directly:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/1:8.0-0ubuntu3.10/+build/14813746

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Also remember to run this first:

  sudo apt update

then:

  sudo apt install pulseaudio-module-jack

[Todd Chaffee (tc-toddbiz)]

> sudo apt update

Thanks for the reminder. I always run that first and just tried it again.

> You may also want to try downloading the package(s) directly:

I'll try that as a stop gap.

dpkg output attached.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thanks for the listing. That shows you are missing pulseaudio-module-jack, making this bug invalid.

If you continue to have trouble installing the package then please log that as a new bug.

[Todd Chaffee (tc-toddbiz)]

> That shows you are missing pulseaudio-module-jack, making this bug invalid.

I don't understand what that means?

> If you continue to have trouble installing the package then please log that as a new bug.

Seriously? It's all part of the same problem. Is there a good reason this can't be dealt with in this bug?

For now I was able to install the module using the links you gave me, but I'm still concerned that was a manual process and I'd like to fix the bug with me not being able to install it using the normal 'apt' commands and having to use 'dpkg' instead.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

We can keep this bug ID but you'll need to reword the bug title and description to encompass the actual problem. The initial problem you reported is invalid - that was the jack module not working. Because the jack module wasn't installed.

Please reword the bug title and description however you like, and when done set the bug status back to 'New'.

[Todd Chaffee (tc-toddbiz)]

Thank you, I appreciate being able to keep all the history for this bug. I've reworded the title, description, and set the status back to new.