the user space library that developers compile ALSA applications against
The alsa-lib is a library to interface with ALSA in the Linux kernel and virtual devices using a plugin system. More detail: https://alsa.opensrc.org/Alsa-lib
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This package contains libraries and header files for the ALSA development.