Public bug reported:

After installing pulseaudio-equalizer package, Pulseaudio doesn't work
anymore. Due to that, no device can be configured glad to KDE's sound
widget: https://askubuntu.com/questions/976375/kubuntu-17-10-no-audio-
devices-found-no-settings-no-sound

sudo cat /var/log/syslog | grep pulseaudio
[pulseaudio] module-equalizer-sink.c: module-equalizer-sink is currently 
unsupported, and can sometimes cause PulseAudio crashes, increased latency or 
audible artifacts.
[pulseaudio] module-equalizer-sink.c: If you're facing audio problems, try 
unloading this module as a potential workaround.
[pulseaudio] module-equalizer-sink.c: Master sink not found
[pulseaudio] module.c: Failed to load module "module-equalizer-sink" (argument: 
""): initialization failed.

Also, "apt purge pulseaudio-equalizer" doesn't remove "load-module
module-equalizer-sink" from the .config/pulse/default.pa so it continues
to fail at start afterwards.

sudo cat /var/log/syslog | grep pulseaudio
[pulseaudio] ltdl-bind-now.c: Failed to open module module-equalizer-sink.so : 
module-equalizer-sink.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or 
directory
[pulseaudio] module.c: Failed to open module "module-equalizer-sink".


NB: I cannot choose pulseaudio-equalizer as targeted package for this bug as 
it's not listed despite this:
sudo apt search pulseaudio-equalizer
pulseaudio-equalizer/eoan-updates 1:13.0-1ubuntu1.1 amd64
  Equalizer sink module for PulseAudio sound server

** Affects: pulseaudio (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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  pulseaudio-equalizer make pulseaudio's start fail

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