Command-line tool

pulseaudio

brew/pulseaudio

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Sound system for POSIX OSes

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install pulseaudio

Linux

brew install pulseaudio

Check if PulseAudio is running (a non-zero exit code means it is not running)

pulseaudio --check

Start the PulseAudio daemon in the background

pulseaudio --start

Kill the running PulseAudio daemon

pulseaudio -k

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