Beyond Linux From Scratch - Version 6.0

Chapter 37. Multimedia Libraries and Drivers

FLAC-1.1.1

Introduction to FLAC

FLAC is an audio CODEC similar to MP3, but lossless, meaning that audio is compressed without losing any information.

Package information

FLAC dependencies

Optional

libogg-1.1.2, XMMS-1.2.10, NASM-0.98.38, DocBook-utils-0.6.14, Doxygen-1.4.1 and Valgrind

Installation of FLAC

Install FLAC by running the following commands: 

LIBS=-lm ./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make &&
make install
[Note]

Note

If you run the make check tests, it will take a very long time (about 34 SBUs) and use about 100 MB of disk space.

Command explanations

LIBS=-lm ./configure --prefix=/usr: libFLAC uses a function from the math library but is not linked with libm. Passing the environment variable to configure satisfies this dependency.

Contents

The FLAC package contains flac, metaflac, libFLAC, libFLAC++, libOggFLAC, libOggFLAC++ and libxmms-flac.

Description

flac

flac is a command-line utility for encoding, decoding and converting FLAC files.

metaflac

metaflac is a program for listing, adding, removing, or editing metadata in one or more FLAC files.

libFLAC, libFLAC++, libOggFLAC and libOggFLAC++

These libraries provide native FLAC and Ogg FLAC C/C++ APIs for programs utilizing FLAC.

libxmms-flac

libxmms-flac is a plugin for XMMS.

Last updated on 2005-02-14 08:12:36 -0700