Gaming Linux® From Scratch - Version #154e

Chapter 3. Shared Dependencies

libsndfile-1.2.2

Introduction to libsndfile

Libsndfile is a library of C routines for reading and writing files containing sampled audio data.

libsndfile Dependencies

Recommended

FLAC-1.4.3, Opus-1.5.2, and libvorbis-1.3.7

Optional

alsa-lib-1.2.13, LAME, mgp123, Speex, and SQLite

Installation of libsndfile

Install libsndfile by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr    \
            --docdir=/usr/share/doc/libsndfile-1.2.2 &&

make

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

32-bit Installation of libsndfile

First clean the directory: 

make distclean

Install lib32-libsndfile by running the following commands: 

CC="gcc -m32" CXX="g++ -m32"         \
PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib32/pkgconfig \
./configure --prefix=/usr            \
            --libdir=/usr/lib32      \
            --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu &&

make

Now, as the root user: 

make DESTDIR=$PWD/DESTDIR install     &&
cp -vr DESTDIR/usr/lib32/* /usr/lib32 &&
rm -rf DESTDIR                        &&
ldconfig

Contents

Installed Programs: sndfile-cmp, sndfile-concat, sndfile-convert, sndfile-deinterleave, sndfile-info, sndfile-interleave, sndfile-metadata-get, sndfile-metadata-set, sndfile-play, and sndfile-salvage
Installed Library: libsndfile.so
Installed Directory: /usr/share/doc/libsndfile-1.2.2

Short Descriptions

sndfile-cmp

compares two audio files

sndfile-concat

concatenates two or more audio files

sndfile-convert

converts a sound file from one format to another

sndfile-deinterleave

splits a multi-channel into multiple single channel files

sndfile-info

displays information about a sound file

sndfile-interleave

converts multiple single channel files into a multi-channel file

sndfile-metadata-get

retrieves metadata from a sound file

sndfile-metadata-set

sets metadata in a sound file

sndfile-play

plays a sound file

sndfile-salvage

salvages the audio data from WAV files which are more than 4GB in size

libsndfile.so

contains the libsndfile API functions