1 | <sect1 id="kde-core-arts" xreflabel="aRts-&arts-version;">
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2 | <?dbhtml filename="arts.html" dir="kde"?>
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3 | <title>aRts-&arts-version;</title>
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4 |
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5 | <sect2><title>Introduction to <application><acronym>aRts</acronym></application></title>
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6 |
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7 | <para>The Analog Real-time Synthesizer (<acronym>aRts</acronym>)
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8 | provides sound support for <acronym>KDE</acronym>. It provides necessary
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9 | libraries for kdelibs.</para>
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10 |
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11 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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12 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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13 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&arts-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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14 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&arts-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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15 | <listitem><para>Download size: &arts-size;</para></listitem>
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16 | <listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required: &arts-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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17 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time: &arts-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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18 | </sect3>
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19 |
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20 | <sect3><title><application>aRts</application> dependencies</title>
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21 | <sect4><title>Required</title>
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22 | <para><xref linkend="qt"/></para></sect4>
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23 | <sect4><title>Recommended</title>
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24 | <para><xref linkend="alsa"/>, <xref linkend="audiofile"/> and <xref
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25 | linkend="libvorbis"/></para></sect4>
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26 | <sect4><title>Optional</title>
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27 | <para><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>, <xref
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28 | linkend="GLib2"/> and <xref linkend="libmad"/></para></sect4>
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29 | </sect3>
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30 |
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31 | </sect2>
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32 |
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33 | <sect2>
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34 | <title>Installation of <application>aRts</application></title>
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35 |
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36 | <para>Before starting the build, ensure you have the
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37 | <envar>QTDIR</envar> environment variable set:</para>
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38 | <screen><userinput><command>export QTDIR=/opt/qt</command></userinput></screen>
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39 |
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40 | <para>Install <application>aRts</application> by running the
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41 | following commands:</para>
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42 |
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43 | <screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=&kde-dir; --disable-debug \
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44 | --disable-dependency-tracking &&
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45 | make &&
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46 | make install &&
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47 | ln -sfn &kde-dir; /opt/kde</command></userinput></screen>
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48 |
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49 | <note><para>Another configure option is <command>--enable-final</command>.
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50 | This option can speed up the build process, but requires a lot of memory. If
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51 | you have less than 256MB of RAM, this option may cause swapping and
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52 | significantly slow compilation.</para></note>
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53 |
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54 | </sect2>
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55 |
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56 | <sect2><title>Command explanations</title>
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57 | <para><command>--prefix=&kde-dir;</command> : This option tells the
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58 | process to install the package in <filename
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59 | class="directory">&kde-dir;</filename>. We put aRts here because this
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60 | package is required before installing <acronym>KDE</acronym>.</para>
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61 |
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62 | <para><command>--disable-debug</command> : This option causes the
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63 | system to be compiled without debugging code.
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64 | </para>
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65 |
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66 | <para><command>--disable-dependency-tracking</command> : This option speeds
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67 | up one time builds.</para>
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68 |
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69 | <para><command>ln -sfn &kde-dir; /opt/kde</command> : This command creates
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70 | a link for access to <acronym>KDE</acronym>. If a newer version of
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71 | <acronym>KDE</acronym> is released, the new
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72 | system can be built by changing the <command>--prefix</command> location
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73 | and then set up by changing the link as this command does.
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74 | </para>
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75 |
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76 | </sect2>
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77 |
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78 | <sect2><title>Configuring aRts</title>
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79 |
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80 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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81 |
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82 | <para>The library directory <filename class="directory">/opt/kde/lib</filename>
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83 | should appear in <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename>
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84 | so that ldd can find the shared libraries. The following command will add it
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85 | if it is missing:</para>
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86 |
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87 | <screen><userinput><command>cat >> /etc/ld.so.conf << "EOF"
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88 | # Begin kde addition to /etc/ld.so.conf
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89 |
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90 | /opt/kde/lib
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91 |
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92 | # End kde addition
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93 | EOF
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94 | ldconfig</command></userinput></screen>
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95 |
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96 | </sect3>
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97 |
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98 | </sect2>
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99 | </sect1>
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