source: multimedia/libdriv/alsa-oss.xml@ 80c8e88

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  <!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        "922ea177db15c72f1b5037181c73f934">
  <!ENTITY alsa-oss-size          "247 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"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <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>

    <para>This package is known to build using an LFS 7.0 platform but has not
    been tested.</para>

    <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 &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="configuration">
    <title>Configuring ALSA OSS</title>

    <sect3>
      <title>Configuration Information</title>

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

    </sect3>

  </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,a}, libaoss.{so,a}, and libossredir.{so,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>