Introduction to FLAC
FLAC is an audio CODEC similar to
MP3, but lossless, meaning that audio is compressed without losing
any information.
This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 12.2
platform.
Package Information
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Download (HTTP): https://downloads.xiph.org/releases/flac/flac-1.4.3.tar.xz
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Download MD5 sum: 7cab20b46e0bc859234bf5ba7da81625
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Download size: 1.0 MB
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Estimated disk space required: 22 MB (additional 163 MB to
run the test suite)
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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-3.23.0
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
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is a command-line utility for encoding, decoding and
converting FLAC files
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metaflac
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is a program for listing, adding, removing, or editing
metadata in one or more FLAC files
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libFLAC{,++}.so
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these libraries provide native FLAC and Ogg FLAC C/C++
APIs for programs utilizing FLAC
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