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pavucontrol

Version 2026.144.1443
Repo superproject

Graphical PulseAudio/PipeWire volume control (pavucontrol) for the desktop. Installs the pavucontrol GTK mixer and pulls in the pipewire candy, whose PulseAudio-compatible server pavucontrol connects to. The binary lands at /usr/bin/pavucontrol and is launched on demand (e.g. from the waybar volume indicator), so both its presence and the audio backend it drives are build-time verifiable.

This candy’s plan: — the runnable spec charly check executes against a live deployment. check: steps are idempotent probes; run: steps change state.

Intent Step
check the pavucontrol GTK mixer binary is installed at /usr/bin/pavucontrol
check the pavucontrol package is recorded in the package database
check the required PipeWire audio server that pavucontrol controls is present