diff --git a/scripts/linux_install.sh b/scripts/linux_install.sh
index c0738b5..f8998c2 100644
--- a/scripts/linux_install.sh
+++ b/scripts/linux_install.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ sudo apt-get update
 
 pip install --upgrade pip
 
+# install port audio
+sudo apt-get install portaudio19-dev python-pyaudio python3-pyaudio
 # install wheel
 pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel