It often happens that a file is missing during compilation and you get this kind of error:
In file included from media/audio/linux/audio_manager_linux.cc:15:0:
./media/audio/linux/alsa_input.h:8:28: fatal error: alsa/asoundlib.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
In file included from media/audio/linux/alsa_input.cc:5:0:
./media/audio/linux/alsa_input.h:8:28: fatal error: alsa/asoundlib.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
That usually means a development package is missing. Sometime you can just guess the name of the package or you can use aptitude to find the file.
There is also another (better) method in Ubuntu: apt-file utility allows you to find the package corresponding to a particular file.
First install apt-file
sudo apt-get install apt-file
Them the first time, you need to download the files with the data for your system
apt-file update
Finally, you can use apt-file to find the package. For example with alsa/asoundlib.h
apt-file search alsa/asoundlib.h
libasound2-dev: /usr/include/alsa/asoundlib.h
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