Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2012-01-16

Chapter 38. Multimedia Libraries and Drivers

libvorbis-1.3.2

Introduction to libvorbis

The libvorbis package contains a general purpose audio and music encoding format. This is useful for creating (encoding) and playing (decoding) sound in an open (patent free) format.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.0 platform.

Package Information

libvorbis Dependencies

Required

libogg-1.3.0

Optional

both Doxygen-1.7.5, and TeX Live-20110705 (specifically, pdflatex and htlatex) to build the PDF documentation

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/Libvorbis

Installation of libvorbis

Install libvorbis by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install &&
install -v -m644 doc/Vorbis* /usr/share/doc/libvorbis-1.3.2

Command Explanations

--enable-docs: This switch enables building the documentation in formats other than the supplied html.

--disable-static: prevent static libraries being built and installed.

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Libraries: libvorbis.{so,a}, libvorbisenc.{so,a}, and libvorbisfile.{so,a}
Installed Directories: /usr/include/vorbis and /usr/share/doc/libvorbis-1.3.2

Short Descriptions

libvorbis*.{so,a}

libraries provide the functions to read and write sound files.

Last updated on 2011-12-17 23:31:39 +0000