Beyond Linux From Scratch - Version 6.1

Chapter 37. Multimedia Libraries and Drivers

FLAC-1.1.2

Introduction to FLAC

FLAC is an audio CODEC similar to MP3, but lossless, meaning that audio is compressed without losing any information.

Package Information

FLAC Dependencies

Optional

libogg-1.1.2, XMMS-1.2.10, NASM-0.98.39, DocBook-utils-0.6.14, Doxygen-1.4.3 and Valgrind

Installation of FLAC

Install FLAC by running the following commands: 

LIBS=-lm ./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make

Now, as the root user: 

make install
[Note]

Note

If you passed the --enable-exhaustive-tests and --enable-valgrind-testing parameters to configure and then run the make check tests, it will take a very long time (about 150 SBUs) and use about 375 MB of disk space.

Command Explanations

LIBS=-lm ./configure --prefix=/usr: libFLAC uses a function from the math library but is not linked with libm. Passing the environment variable to configure satisfies this dependency.

Contents

Installed Programs: flac and metaflac
Installed Libraries: libFLAC.[so,a], libFLAC++.[so,a], libOggFLAC.[so,a], libOggFLAC++.[so,a], and libxmms-flac.[so,a]
Installed Directories: /usr/share/doc/flac-1.1.2

Short Descriptions

flac

is a command-line utility for encoding, decoding and converting FLAC files.

metaflac

is a program for listing, adding, removing, or editing metadata in one or more FLAC files.

lib[,Ogg]FLAC[,++].[so,a]

these libraries provide native FLAC and Ogg FLAC C/C++ APIs for programs utilizing FLAC.

libxmms-flac.[so,a]

is a plugin for XMMS.

Last updated on 2005-08-01 13:29:19 -0600