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Attempting to build my project, I find that I am missing the library asound.

My issue matches the one at this thread, where the issue was solved by installing the debian package libasound2 listed here.

I am running NixOS and do not see the libasound2 package available for install via nix-env.

Is there some other way that I can install the dependency? Can it be added to the NixOS package list? If so, how do I go about doing that?

My project build uses Haskell's stack, and the command $ stack build. Full output is shown below.

$ stack build
PortMidi-0.1.5.2: configure
Progress: 1/3
-- While building package PortMidi-0.1.5.2 using:
 /home/matthew/.stack/setup-exe-cache/x86_64-linux-nix/Cabal-simple_mPHDZzAJ_1.24.2.0_ghc-8.0.2 --builddir=.stack-work/dist/x86_64-linux-nix/Cabal-1.24.2.0 configure --with-ghc=/nix/store/vs9mh0q32flklzi8hl0ksr9d3jv21399-ghc-8.0.2/bin/ghc --with-ghc-pkg=/nix/store/vs9mh0q32flklzi8hl0ksr9d3jv21399-ghc-8.0.2/bin/ghc-pkg --user --package-db=clear --package-db=global --package-db=/home/matthew/.stack/snapshots/x86_64-linux-nix/lts-9.11/8.0.2/pkgdb --package-db=/home/matthew/backup/perfectpitch/perfectpitch/.stack-work/install/x86_64-linux-nix/lts-9.11/8.0.2/pkgdb --libdir=/home/matthew/backup/perfectpitch/perfectpitch/.stack-work/install/x86_64-linux-nix/lts-9.11/8.0.2/lib --bindir=/home/matthew/backup/perfectpitch/perfectpitch/.stack-work/install/x86_64-linux-nix/lts-9.11/8.0.2/bin --datadir=/home/matthew/backup/perfectpitch/perfectpitch/.stack-work/install/x86_64-linux-nix/lts-9.11/8.0.2/share --libexecdir=/home/matthew/backup/perfectpitch/perfectpitch/.stack-work/install/x86_64-linux-nix/lts-9.11/8.0.2/libexec --sysconfdir=/home/matthew/backup/perfectpitch/perfectpitch/.stack-work/install/x86_64-linux-nix/lts-9.11/8.0.2/etc --docdir=/home/matthew/backup/perfectpitch/perfectpitch/.stack-work/install/x86_64-linux-nix/lts-9.11/8.0.2/doc/PortMidi-0.1.5.2 --htmldir=/home/matthew/backup/perfectpitch/perfectpitch/.stack-work/install/x86_64-linux-nix/lts-9.11/8.0.2/doc/PortMidi-0.1.5.2 --haddockdir=/home/matthew/backup/perfectpitch/perfectpitch/.stack-work/install/x86_64-linux-nix/lts-9.11/8.0.2/doc/PortMidi-0.1.5.2 --dependency=base=base-4.9.1.0 --extra-include-dirs=/nix/store/83413105lyc3n8pbmi2qbz3f82x06sp1-postgresql-9.5.7/include --extra-include-dirs=/nix/store/9csmflf5p58jf3h2i36x0p5b5cw3aijf-git-2.14.1/include --extra-include-dirs=/nix/store/clvw27qshazq458waarrjqj0k5qpnjkn-pkg-config-0.29/include --extra-include-dirs=/nix/store/ff6n25jbkj71kr5sbazgwa9zlngyllx7-pcre-8.40-dev/include --extra-include-dirs=/nix/store/kpa2p2p0m4xys9wdm735nw9xi4d3n5gr-zlib-1.2.11-dev/include --extra-include-dirs=/nix/store/px00dygm925m7caqwnm76xi46m2rcx4p-binutils-2.27-dev/include --extra-include-dirs=/nix/store/vs9mh0q32flklzi8hl0ksr9d3jv21399-ghc-8.0.2/include --extra-lib-dirs=/nix/store/681f2q7npfgr6394dg3yqc7mh0n2wns9-binutils-2.27-lib/lib --extra-lib-dirs=/nix/store/9csmflf5p58jf3h2i36x0p5b5cw3aijf-git-2.14.1/lib --extra-lib-dirs=/nix/store/clvw27qshazq458waarrjqj0k5qpnjkn-pkg-config-0.29/lib --extra-lib-dirs=/nix/store/fwxgxaclys016hlvk68lbl0ipx5nc95l-pcre-8.40/lib --extra-lib-dirs=/nix/store/hzl3zrsfw4wf0cwk1qw61a4k1c9b2667-postgresql-9.5.7-lib/lib --extra-lib-dirs=/nix/store/sg6ri2jj92sbv7f4rvchzr00d24pi4nq-zlib-1.2.11/lib --extra-lib-dirs=/nix/store/vs9mh0q32flklzi8hl0ksr9d3jv21399-ghc-8.0.2/lib
 Process exited with code: ExitFailure 1
 Logs have been written to: /home/matthew/backup/perfectpitch/perfectpitch/.stack-work/logs/PortMidi-0.1.5.2.log

 Configuring PortMidi-0.1.5.2...
 Cabal-simple_mPHDZzAJ_1.24.2.0_ghc-8.0.2: Missing dependency on a foreign
 library:
 * Missing C library: asound
 This problem can usually be solved by installing the system package that
 provides this library (you may need the "-dev" version). If the library is
 already installed but in a non-standard location then you can use the flags
 --extra-include-dirs= and --extra-lib-dirs= to specify where it is.

It was suggested in the comments that I install alsaLib.
I attempted this using nix-env by running the command $ nix-env -iA nixos.alsaLib. This attempt did not work (I ran into the same * Missing C library: asound error when trying to build following this nix-env install).

I got the project to build by placing the following into stack.yaml.

nix:
 packages: [alsaLib]