I'm a bit of a noob to linux audio programming, but I'm stuck with alsa lib and wondering if someone could help.

When I use the function snd_dtl_open I get the error:

Cannot open shared library libasound_module_conf_pulse.so (/usr/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_conf_pulse.so

The library exists in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/alsa-lib/l, but not /usr/lib/alsa-lib which doesn't exist.

I suppose I could create a symlinked folder, but I'm wondering why alsa looks in that directory and what I can do get it working correctly?

Thanks for any advice.