Introduction to FLAC
FLAC is an audio CODEC similar to MP3, but lossless, meaning that audio is compressed without losing any information.
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
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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-1.10.0, and Valgrind-3.22.0
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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