Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version r12.4-1388

Chapter 42. Multimedia Libraries and Drivers

FLAC-1.5.0

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

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Package Information

FLAC Dependencies

Optional

libogg-1.3.6, DocBook-utils-0.6.14, Doxygen-1.16.1, and Valgrind-3.26.0

Installation of FLAC

Install FLAC by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr            \
            --disable-thorough-tests \
            --docdir=/usr/share/doc/flac-1.5.0 &&
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-1.5.0

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