Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version r12.2-615

Chapter 42. Multimedia Libraries and Drivers

FLAC-1.4.3

Introduction to FLAC

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

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Note

Development versions of BLFS may not build or run some packages properly if LFS or dependencies have been updated since the most recent stable versions of the books.

Package Information

  • Download (HTTP): https://downloads.xiph.org/releases/flac/flac-1.4.3.tar.xz

  • Download MD5 sum: 7cab20b46e0bc859234bf5ba7da81625

  • Download size: 1.0 MB

  • Estimated disk space required: 22 MB (additional 163 MB to run the test suite)

  • Estimated build time: 0.2 SBU (additional 0.6 SBU to run the test suite)

FLAC Dependencies

Optional

libogg-1.3.5, DocBook-utils-0.6.14, Doxygen-1.12.0, and Valgrind-3.24.0

Installation of FLAC

Install FLAC by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr                                \
            --disable-thorough-tests                     \
            --docdir=/usr/share/doc/flac-1.4.3          &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check. Note that if you passed the --enable-exhaustive-tests and --enable-valgrind-testing parameters to configure and then run the test suite, it will take a very long time (up to 300 SBUs) and use about 375 MB of disk space.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--disable-thorough-tests: This parameter is used so that the test suite will complete in a reasonable amount of time. Remove it if you desire more extensive tests.

Contents

Installed Programs: flac and metaflac
Installed Libraries: libFLAC.so and libFLAC++.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/FLAC, /usr/include/FLAC++ and /usr/share/doc/flac-1.4.3

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

libFLAC{,++}.so

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