Introduction to Xine Libraries
The Xine Libraries package
contains xine libraries. These are useful for interfacing with
external plug-ins that allow the flow of information from the
source to the audio and video hardware.
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Note
This version of BLFS may not build or run
some packages properly if LFS or dependencies have been updated
since the most recent stable version of the System V
books.
Package Information
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Xine Libraries Dependencies
Required
a graphical
environment, FFmpeg-8.0.1, and at least one of: alsa-lib-1.2.15.3, PulseAudio-17.0, or
JACK
Recommended
libdvdnav-7.0.0
Optional
AAlib-1.4rc5, FAAD2-2.11.2, FLAC-1.5.0, gdk-pixbuf-2.44.5, GLU-9.0.3, ImageMagick-7.1.2-13, liba52-0.8.0, libdvdcss-1.5.0, libmad-0.15.1b, libmng-2.0.3, libnsl-2.0.1,
libva-2.23.0 (requires GLU-9.0.3), libvorbis-1.3.7,
libvpx-1.16.0, Mesa-25.3.5, Samba-4.23.5, Speex-1.2.1, Doxygen-1.16.1
(to create the API documentation), v4l-utils-1.32.0
DirectFB,
libbluray,
libcaca, libdca,
libFAME,
libmodplug,
libtheora,
musepack,
SDL1, VCDImager,
and WavPack
Installation of Xine Libraries
First, fix building this package with ffmpeg-7.0 and later:
patch -Np1 -i ../xine-lib-1.2.13-upstream_fixes-1.patch
Next, fix building this package with gcc-15.x:
patch -Np1 -i ../xine-lib-1.2.13-gcc15_fixes-1.patch
Next, fix building this package with ffmpeg-8:
patch -Np1 -i ../xine-lib-1.2.13-ffmpeg8.patch
Install Xine Libraries by running
the following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr \
--disable-vcd \
--disable-w32dll \
--with-external-dvdnav \
--docdir=/usr/share/doc/xine-lib-1.2.13 &&
make
To create the API documentation, Doxygen must be installed and issue the
following command:
doxygen doc/Doxyfile
This package does not come with a test suite.
Now, as the root user:
make install
Note
When installing, the Makefile does some additional linking. If
you do not have Xorg in /usr, the LIBRARY_PATH variable needs to
be defined for the root user. If using sudo to assume root, use
the -E option to pass your current environment variables for the
install process.
If you built the API documentation, issue the following commands as
the root user to install it:
install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/xine-lib-1.2.13/api &&
install -v -m644 doc/api/* \
/usr/share/doc/xine-lib-1.2.13/api
Command Explanations
--disable-vcd: This switch
is required to compile Xine Lib
without VCDImager installed.
Remove this option if you have installed VCDImager.
--with-external-dvdnav:
This switch is required, because internal libraries cannot decrypt
DVD.
--disable-win32dll: This
switch disables building Win32 support into the libraries, and
fixes a compilation failure on 32-bit systems.
--docdir=/usr/share/doc/xine-lib-1.2.13:
This switch causes the documentation to be installed into a
versioned directory instead of the default /usr/share/doc/xine-lib.
--disable-vaapi: use this switch if
libva-2.23.0 is installed and GLU-9.0.3 is not, to
prevent a build failure.