source: multimedia/libdriv/alsa-oss.xml@ 8a71122

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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY alsa-oss-download-http "&alsa-download-http;/oss-lib/alsa-oss-&alsa-oss-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY alsa-oss-download-ftp  "&alsa-download-ftp;/oss-lib/alsa-oss-&alsa-oss-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY alsa-oss-md5sum        "9ec4bb783fdce19032aace086d65d874">
  <!ENTITY alsa-oss-size          "288 KB">
  <!ENTITY alsa-oss-buildsize     "3.0 MB">
  <!ENTITY alsa-oss-time          "less than 0.1 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="alsa-oss" xreflabel="ALSA OSS-&alsa-oss-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="alsa-oss.html"?>


  <title>alsa-oss-&alsa-oss-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="alsa-oss">
    <primary sortas="a-alsa-oss">alsa-oss</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to alsa-oss</title>

    <para>
      The <application>alsa-oss</application> package contains
      the alsa-oss compatibility library. This is used by programs
      which wish to use the alsa-oss sound interface.
    </para>

    &lfs112_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&alsa-oss-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&alsa-oss-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &alsa-oss-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &alsa-oss-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &alsa-oss-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &alsa-oss-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">ALSA OSS Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="alsa-lib"/>
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
      <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/alsa-oss"/>
    </para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of ALSA OSS</title>

    <para>
      Install <application>ALSA OSS</application> by running the
      following commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --disable-static &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      This package does not come with a test suite.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
      href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          aoss
        </seg>
        <seg>
          libalsatoss.so, libaoss.so, and libossredir.a
        </seg>
        <seg>
          None
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="aoss">
        <term><command>aoss</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a simple wrapper script which facilitates the use of the
            ALSA oss compatibility library. It just sets the appropriate
            <envar>LD_PRELOAD</envar> path and then runs the command
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="alsa-oss aoss">
            <primary sortas="b-aoss">aoss</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>