libmad compile on ubuntu

http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/multimedia/libmad.html

libmad-0.15.1b

Introduction to libmad

libmad is a high-quality MPEG audio decoder capable of 24-bit output.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.3 platform.

Package Information

• Download (HTTP): http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mad/libmad-0.15.1b.tar.gz

• Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.mars.org/pub/mpeg/libmad-0.15.1b.tar.gz

• Download MD5 sum: 1be543bc30c56fb6bea1d7bf6a64e66c

• Download size: 491 KB

• Estimated disk space required: 4.2 MB

• Estimated build time: 0.1 SBU

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

Installation of libmad

Install libmad by running the following commands:

sed -i '/-fforce-mem/d' configure &&
./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user:

make install

Some packages check for the pkg-config file for libmad. This file is particularly needed so that Cdrdao can recognize the installed libmad.

As the root user:

cat > /usr/lib/pkgconfig/mad.pc << "EOF"
prefix=/usr
exec_prefix=${prefix}
libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib
includedir=${prefix}/include

Name: mad
Description: MPEG audio decoder
Requires:
Version: 0.15.1b
Libs: -L${libdir} -lmad
Cflags: -I${includedir}
EOF

Command Explanations

sed -i '/-fforce-mem/d': This removes an obsolete compilation option that causes compilation to fail under GCC 4.4.x

Contents

Installed Programs: None

Installed Library: libmad.{so,a}

Installed Directories: None

Short Descriptions

libmad.{so,a}

is a MPEG audio decoder library.