PortAudio library not found

[olives-2]

When launching computerassistant, I get this error :

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/molives/.local/bin/computerassistant", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(start())
  File "/home/molives/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/gpt_computer_assistant/start.py", line 19, in start
    from .gpt_computer_assistant import QApplication, MainWindow, sys
  File "/home/molives/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/gpt_computer_assistant/gpt_computer_assistant.py", line 8, in <module>
    from .gui.button import *
  File "/home/molives/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/gpt_computer_assistant/gui/button.py", line 4, in <module>
    from ..audio.record import *
  File "/home/molives/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/gpt_computer_assistant/audio/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
    from .record import *
  File "/home/molives/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/gpt_computer_assistant/audio/record.py", line 4, in <module>
    import sounddevice as sd
  File "/home/molives/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sounddevice.py", line 71, in <module>
    raise OSError('PortAudio library not found')
OSError: PortAudio library not found

I fixed it by installing the libportaudio2 package in Ubuntu 22.04. I think it would be a good idea to either install it from pip (I don't even know if this is possible) or to list it as a necessary package for Ubuntu.

[ChoksiJay]

The error message you are encountering indicates that the sounddevice module cannot find the PortAudio library, which it relies on for audio input/output operations. To resolve this issue, you need to install the PortAudio library and ensure that your system can access it.

Here are the steps to install PortAudio on different operating systems:

Ubuntu/Debian:

1. Update the package list:

• sudo apt update

2. Install the PortAudio library and development files:

• sudo apt install portaudio19-dev

3. Install sounddevice Python package:

• pip install sounddevice

  Fedora

1. Install the PortAudio library and development files:

• sudo dnf install portaudio-devel

2. Install sounddevice Python package:

• pip install sounddevice

  macOS

1. Install PortAudio using Homebrew:

If you don't have Homebrew installed, follow the instructions on Homebrew's website to install it.

• brew install portaudio

2. Install sounddevice Python package:

• pip install sounddevice

Windows

1. Install PortAudio

Download and install the PortAudio library from the official website: PortAudio.. Alternatively, you can use a package manager like choco (Chocolatey) to install PortAudio if it's available.

2. Install sounddevice Python package:

• pip install sounddevice

[olives-2]

Thank you, but I said I solved my problem by installing the mentioned apt package. However, I just noticed the sounddevice dependency is already listed in the requirements.txt file, but having this dependency installed didn't do anything. I had to install the .deb package from the Ubuntu repositories. We should either find a way to make PortAudio work from the pip dependency, or explicitly indicate in the documentation that the lib needs to be installed from the repositories for Ubuntu (maybe other distros as well, I didn't try it)

[steve3p0]

I followed the above steps and I'm still getting the same errors.