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

[namittal at codeaurora.org]

On 2017-10-20 18:37, Alexander E. Patrakov wrote:
> 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.

How will i Compile my module? #include will still locate distribution 
pulseaudio.
How will i compile from git clone?