Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version r12.4-426

Chapter 42. Multimedia Libraries and Drivers

libvorbis-1.3.7

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.

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Package Information

libvorbis Dependencies

Required

libogg-1.3.6

Optional

Doxygen-1.15.0 and texlive-20250308 (or install-tl-unx) (specifically, pdflatex and htlatex) to build the PDF documentation

Installation of libvorbis

Install libvorbis by running the following commands: 

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

To test the results, issue: make -j1 check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install &&
install -v -m644 doc/Vorbis* /usr/share/doc/libvorbis-1.3.7

Command Explanations

--disable-static: This switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.

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

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Libraries: libvorbis.so, libvorbisenc.so and libvorbisfile.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/vorbis and /usr/share/doc/libvorbis-1.3.7

Short Descriptions

libvorbis.so

provides the functions used to read and write sound files