[pulseaudio-discuss] How to setup developer environment to develop pulseaudio modules?

[Alexander E. Patrakov]

2017-10-17 16:03 GMT+05:00  <namittal at codeaurora.org>:
> I using ubuntu 14.04 and pulseaudio 4.0. I am compiling very simple test
> module, module-test.c
>
> #include <pulsecore/module.h>
>
> int pa__init(pa_module* m){
>   return 0;
> }
>
> when i try to compile it using
>
> gcc -g -shared -o module-test.so module-test.c
>
> i get this error
>
> module-test.c:1:30: fatal error: pulsecore/module.h: No such file or
> directory
>  #include <pulsecore/module.h>
>                               ^
> compilation terminated.
>
> i looked in /usr/include and there is no folder name pulsecore. i tried
> installing development packages like libpulse-dev but that didn't solve this
> issue.

Hello.

The real issue is that external modules are currently not supported at
all. So - please clone pulseaudio git, and create your module there.
You will not be able to load it into a distribution-provided
pulseaudio.

In other words, modules are used by PulseAudio not as an "extension
point for third parties like you", but as a convenience for
distributors so that they can split the package and do not require
libraries that are needed only for rare cases to be installed by
default.

-- 
Alexander E. Patrakov