Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version r12.0-816

Chapter 43. Audio Utilities

Audacious-4.3.1

Introduction to Audacious

Audacious is an audio player.

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Package Information

Additional Downloads

Required Plugins

Audacious Dependencies

Required

GTK+-3.24.38 or (Qt-5.15.11 or qt-components-5.15.11 with qtmultimedia)

Recommended

libarchive-3.7.2

Optional

Valgrind-3.22.0

Recommended (for Plugins)

mpg123-1.32.3, FFmpeg-6.1, and neon-0.32.5 (for online mp3 and ogg radio)

Optional (for Plugins)

ALSA-1.2.7, cURL-8.4.0, FAAD2-2.11.1, FLAC-1.4.3, LAME-3.100, libxml2-2.12.1, libcdio-2.1.0 (to identify and play CDs), libnotify-0.8.3, libsndfile-1.2.2, libvorbis-1.3.7, pipewire-1.0.0, PulseAudio-16.1, SDL2-2.28.5, ampache-browser, adplug, The Bauer stereophonic-to-binaural DSP (bs2b) library, FluidSynth, JACK (requires libsamplerate-0.2.2), libcue, libmodplug, libmms, libopenmpt, libsidplayfp, LIRC, sndio, SoX, and WavPack

Editor Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/audacious

Installation of Audacious

Installation of the Main Audacious Program

Install Audacious by running the following commands (you may wish to change the buildstamp to another string): 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson setup --prefix=/usr       \
            --buildtype=release \
            -Dgtk3=true         \
            -Dbuildstamp=BLFS   \
            -Dlibarchive=true   \
            ..                  &&

ninja

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install

Installation of Audacious Plugins

Install the required plugins package by issuing the following commands: 

tar -xf ../../audacious-plugins-4.3.1.tar.bz2 &&
cd audacious-plugins-4.3.1                    &&

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson setup           \
  --prefix=/usr       \
  --buildtype=release \
  -Dgtk3=true         \
  ..                  &&

ninja

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install

Command Explanations

-Dbuildstamp=BLFS: This switch appends the given text to the version string.

-Dgtk3=true: This options sets the default graphical user interface.

-Dvalgrind=true: The option enables Valgrind analysis support.

Contents

Installed Programs: audacious and audtool
Installed Libraries: libaudcore.so, libaudgui.so, libaudqt.so, libaudtag.so, and several plugin libraries under /usr/lib/audacious/ sub-directories
Installed Directories: /usr/include/{audacious,libaudcore,libaudgui,libaudqt}, /usr/lib/audacious, and /usr/share/audacious

Short Descriptions

audacious

is an audio player and is a descendant of XMMS

audtool

is a small tool to modify the behavior of a running audacious instance