fix-hipchat-sound.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Fix from HipChat Forums Anonymous User
# https://help.hipchat.com/forums/138883-suggestions-ideas/suggestions/5830763-ubuntu-notifications-sounds-not-working
# THis should be run as root or via sudo

# locate libcanberra-pulse.so 
pulse_lib=$(locate libcanberra-pulse.so)

# find dirname 
canberra_dir=$(dirname ${pulse_lib})

# Then make the directory structure that hipchat expects: 
mkdir -p /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcanberra-0.28/ 

# Then make symlinks for every file you find in the real libcanberra path. 
cd /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcanberra-0.28/

# Find all the files (libs) in actual canberra location and create a symlink for each 
find ${canberra_dir} -type f -exec basename {} \; | xargs -I '{}' ln -s ${canberra_dir}/'{}'