libass is a portable subtitle renderer for the ASS/SSA (Advanced Substation Alpha/Substation Alpha) subtitle format that allows for more advanced subtitles than the conventional SRT and similar formats.
This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 11.3 platform.
Download (HTTP): https://github.com/libass/libass/releases/download/0.17.0/libass-0.17.0.tar.xz
Download MD5 sum: 25f7435779aa28eb7dbd3f76f4d17d15
Download size: 396 KB
Estimated disk space required: 5.5 MB
Estimated build time: less than 0.1 SBU
FreeType-2.13.0, FriBidi-1.0.12, and NASM-2.16.01
HarfBuzz-7.0.0 and libunibreak
User Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/libass
Install libass by running the following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static && make
This package does not come with a test suite.
Now, as the root
user:
make install
--disable-static
: This
switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.
--disable-fontconfig
: Use this switch
if you didn't install Fontconfig.