ImportError: /usr/lib/libestbase.so.2.5.0.1: undefined symbol: snd_pcm_hw_params_set_channels when importing festival

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$ /sbin/python /home/kris/faster-whisper/festival_test.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/kris/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/festival.py", line 3, in <module>
    from . import _festival
ImportError: attempted relative import with no known parent package

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/kris/faster-whisper/festival_test.py", line 1, in <module>
    import festival
  File "/home/kris/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/festival.py", line 6, in <module>
    import _festival
ImportError: /usr/lib/libestbase.so.2.5.0.1: undefined symbol: snd_pcm_hw_params_set_channels