Comment 4 for bug 1816278

>The solution: install the basic components or simply uninstall pavucontrol-qt.
>It will remove lubuntu-desktop but that's just a metafile. It won't remove your
>entire installation.

Wouldn't that leave all the remaining lubuntu packages marked as automatically installed, and therefore slated for removal at the next apt-get autoremove? If so, that's not very helpful.

Also, don't "recommends" packages get installed by default? If so, wouldn't setting pavucontrol-qt to "recommends" still give you the experience you expect, while still allowing non-Pulse installations for users who need them?