scy on Nostr: $ pip install mididings could not find package 'alsa' # apt install python3-alsaaudio ...

$ pip install mididings
could not find package 'alsa'

# apt install python3-alsaaudio
$ pip install mididings
could not find package 'alsa'

# apt install alsa-lib
$ pip install mididings
could not find package 'alsa'

# apt install libasound2-dev
$ pip install mididings
could not find package 'alsa'

*looks at the setup.py*:

calls pkg-config --libs alsa
if that fails, complain that alsa can't be found

turns out my machine was lacking pkg-config, which is why the command failed

you fuckers