Adding ALSA module in Python in Linux

Question

I have recently started working in linux, I wanted to to add ALSA module in my Python. I have used this,

sudo apt-get install libasound2-dev

After that I've installed pyalsa package,

pyalsa installation,
wget ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/pyalsa/pyalsa-1.0.14rc3.tar.bz2

tar xf pyalsa-1.0.14rc3.tar.bz2

$ python setup.py build

# python setup.py install

but when I type help(alsaaudio) in the Python, it gives error that there is no such module

According to the alsaaudio, (http://pyalsaaudio.sourceforge.net/pyalsaaudio.html)

Note: the wrappers link with the alsasound library (from the alsa-lib package) and need the ALSA headers for compilation. Verify that you have /usr/lib/libasound.so and /usr/include/alsa (or similar paths) before building.

I do not understand what does that mean and what I am doing wrong in adding Alsa module in Python.

Answer 1

It doesn't need to python setup.py build , When you download by hand a module you should do it, however if you use install pip system , you don't need to use the given command.

in debian-base systems you can see the following formula:

python-modulename #python2 
python3-modulename #python3

But if you didn't find in debian repository, you can download by or without dowunlowd just use:

pip install yourmoudle
pip3 install yourmodule

before pip system programmers used easy_install.

Answer 2

python-pyalsa is available in Debian for wheezy/testing/unstable. You don't need to build/install from source.