aRts-1.2.2

Introduction to aRts

The Analog Real-time Synthesizer (aRts) provides sound support for KDE. It provides necessary libraries for kdelibs.

Package information

Download (HTTP): http://mirrors.isc.org/pub/kde/stable/3.2.2/src/arts-1.2.2.tar.bz2
Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/3.2.2/src/arts-1.2.2.tar.bz2
Download size: 949 KB
Estimated Disk space required: 25 MB
Estimated build time: 1.69 SBU

aRts dependencies

Required

Qt-3.3.2 and GLib-2.4.1

Optional

libogg-1.1, libvorbis-1.0.1, ALSA-1.0.4, Audio File-0.2.6, pkgconfig-0.15.0, libmad-0.15.1b, EsounD-0.2.34 and MAS

Installation of aRts

Install aRts by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=$KDE_PREFIX --disable-debug \
    --disable-dependency-tracking &&
make &&
make install

Command explanations

--prefix=$KDE_PREFIX : This option tells the process to install the package in $KDE_PREFIX. aRts is installed here as it's required before installing KDE.

--disable-debug : This option causes the system to be compiled without debugging code.

--disable-dependency-tracking : This option speeds up one time builds.