%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy: bdubbs $ $Date: 2015-02-23 00:16:54 -0500 (Mon, 23 Feb 2015) $ FLAC FLAC is an audio CODEC similar to MP3, but lossless, meaning that audio is compressed without losing any information. &lfs77_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &flac-md5sum; Download size: &flac-size; Estimated disk space required: &flac-buildsize; Estimated build time: &flac-time; FLAC Dependencies Optional , , , and User Notes: Install FLAC by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --disable-thorough-tests && make To test the results, issue: make check. Note that if you passed the --enable-exhaustive-tests and --enable-valgrind-testing parameters to configure and then run the test suite, it will take a very long time (up to 300 SBUs) and use about 375 MB of disk space. Now, as the root user: make install --disable-thorough-tests: This parameter is used so that the test suite will complete in a reasonable amount of time. Remove it if you desire more extensive tests. Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories flac and metaflac libFLAC.so and libFLAC++.so /usr/include/FLAC, /usr/include/FLAC++ and /usr/share/doc/flac-&flac-version; Short Descriptions flac is a command-line utility for encoding, decoding and converting FLAC files. flac metaflac is a program for listing, adding, removing, or editing metadata in one or more FLAC files. metaflac libFLAC{,++}.so these libraries provide native FLAC and Ogg FLAC C/C++ APIs for programs utilizing FLAC. libFLAC{,++}.so