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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Can't find portaudio in alpine docker container","articleBody":"I was having trouble locating the portaudio library inside an alpine docker container. It appears that this is because `ctypes.util.find_library` has trouble finding libraries in some cases. The workaround is to make a symlink to the library without the digit:\r\n\r\n`apk add portaudio`\r\n`cd /usr/lib \u0026\u0026 ln -s [library.name.[0-9]]  [library.name]`\r\nI found this solution here: https://bugs.python.org/issue43642\r\n\r\nIt looks like maybe this issue on the cpython repo has some further discussion:\r\nfrom: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/18380\r\n\r\nLeaving this issue here for anyone else who is looking for a workaround.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nexample error text (for searches)\r\n```\r\nTraceback (most recent call last):\r\n  File \"\u003cfrozen runpy\u003e\", line 198, in _run_module_as_main\r\n  File \"\u003cfrozen runpy\u003e\", line 88, in _run_code\r\n  File \"/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/sounddevice.py\", line 71, in \u003cmodule\u003e\r\n    raise OSError('PortAudio library not found')\r\nOSError: PortAudio library not found\r\n```\r\nlibportaudio alpine docker python portaudio","author":{"url":"https://github.com/FX-Wood","@type":"Person","name":"FX-Wood"},"datePublished":"2023-05-11T21:39:46.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":1},"url":"https://github.com/467/python-sounddevice/issues/467"}