Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 7.4

Chapter 37. Multimedia Libraries and Drivers

libtheora-1.1.1

Introduction to libtheora

Theora is a free and open video compression format.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.4 platform.

Package Information

libtheora Dependencies

Required

libogg-1.3.1

Recommended

libvorbis-1.3.3

Optional

SDL-1.2.15 and libpng-1.6.4 (both to build the example players), Doxygen-1.8.5, texlive-20130530, BibTex, and Transfig (all four to build the API documentation), Valgrind

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/Libtheora

Installation of libtheora

Install libtheora by running the following commands: 

sed -i 's/png_\(sizeof\)/\1/g' examples/png2theora.c &&
./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static &&
make

If you wish to run the tests, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

If you wish to install the examples (so that you can hack on theora), install them as the root user: 

cd examples/.libs &&
for E in *; do
  install -v -m755 $E /usr/bin/theora_${E}
done

Command Explanations

sed -i 's/png_\(sizeof\)/\1/g' examples/png2theora.c: This sed fixes build with libpng 1.6.

--disable-static: This switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.

Contents

Installed Programs: None, unless you installed the examples
Installed Libraries: libtheora.so, libtheoraenc.so, and libtheoradec.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/theora and /usr/share/doc/libtheora-1.1.1

Short Descriptions

libtheora*.so

libraries provide the functions to read and write video files.

Last updated on 2013-08-23 13:56:44 -0700