The libvorbis package contains a general purpose audio and music encoding format. This is useful for creating (encoding) and playing (decoding) sound in an open (patent free) format.
Download (HTTP): http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/vorbis/libvorbis-1.1.1.tar.gz
Download MD5 sum: b77270c24840af4de54bea5ad1c0b252
Download size: 1.3 MB
Estimated disk space required: 17.1 MB
Estimated build time: 0.2 SBU
pkg-config-0.19, and libxslt-1.1.14 and PassiveTeX (to build the PDF documentation)
Install libvorbis by running the following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr && make
libvorbis is known to cause compiler errors on certain machines. If you get errors, insert this command after running the configure script:
sed -i.bak -e 's/-mno-ieee-fp//' lib/Makefile
This package does not come with a test suite.
Now, as the root user:
make install
--enable-docs: This switch enables building the documentation.
Last updated on 2005-08-01 13:29:19 -0600