libsound-dev must be installed

[WaylonWalker]

You need: "apt-get install libasound2-dev" before "pip install pocketsphinx". Other wise you will get "fatal error: alsa/asoundlib.h: No such file or directory".

This should be in the installation instructions or requirements somewhere.

Resolution

apt install libasound2-dev

System information

My system is Windows wsl Debian 9.11 x64 My Python version is 3.6.9 My Pip version is 19.3.1

Error Message

    deps/sphinxbase/src/libsphinxad/ad_alsa.c:76:28: fatal error: alsa/asoundlib.h: No such file or directory
     #include <alsa/asoundlib.h>
                                ^
    compilation terminated.
    error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1