docs: add libasound2-dev Linux prerequisite for Tauri build (fixes #872)#935
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…miepine#872) The alsa-sys crate requires ALSA development headers which are not installed by default on Ubuntu/Debian. Users hit an opaque build error with no hint in the docs. Add a dedicated troubleshooting accordion in setup.mdx and a one-liner note in the README prerequisites section. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughUpdated setup documentation to identify ALSA development packages required on Linux and added troubleshooting guidance for ChangesLinux ALSA setup documentation
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Summary
Closes #872.
docs/content/docs/developer/setup.mdxfor thealsa-sys / libasound not foundbuild error on Ubuntu/Debian and Fedora/RHELREADME.mdnext to the Tauri Prerequisites link so Linux contributors hit the hint before they hit the errorRoot cause
just setuptriggers a Rust build that includes thealsa-syscrate. That crate requires the ALSA development headers (libasound2-devon Debian/Ubuntu,alsa-lib-develon Fedora/RHEL), which are not installed by default. The existing docs link tohttps://v2.tauri.app/start/prerequisites/but that page doesn't surface the ALSA dep prominently enough to prevent the error.Test plan
apt-get installcommand resolves thealsa.pc/alsa-sysbuild failure on a fresh Ubuntu 22.04 containerSummary by CodeRabbit
libasound2-devbefore running project setup.