Mpg123-1.15.4

Introduction to Mpg123

The Mpg123 package contains a console-based MP3 player. It claims to be the fastest MP3 decoder for Unix.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.4 platform.

Package Information

Mpg123 Dependencies

Recommended

Optional

EsounD-0.2.41, OpenAL, PulseAudio-4.0, JACK, PortAudio and SDL-1.2.15

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/mpg123

Installation of Mpg123

Install Mpg123 by running the following commands:

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

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user:

make install

Command Explanations

--with-module-suffix=.so: This switch tells mpg123 to load modules with .so extension. Useful if you don't want to keep .la files.

Contents

Installed Program: mpg123
Installed Library: libmpg123.so
Installed Directory: /usr/lib/mpg123

Short Descriptions

mpg123

is used for playing MP3 files via the console.

libmpg123.so

contains the Mpg123 API functions.

Last updated on 2013-08-23 13:56:44 -0700