GSound-1.0.3

Introduction to GSound

The gsound package contains a small library for playing system sounds.

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Package Information

gsound Dependencies

Required

libcanberra-0.30

Recommended

Optional

GTK-Doc-1.34.0 (for generating documentation)

Installation of GSound

Install gsound by running the following commands:

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson setup --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release .. &&
ninja

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user:

ninja install

Command Explanations

--buildtype=release: Specify a buildtype suitable for stable releases of the package, as the default may produce unoptimized binaries.

Contents

Installed Programs: gsound-play
Installed Libraries: libgsound.so
Installed Directories: /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gsound

Short Descriptions

gsound-play

plays system sounds through the libgsound interface

libgsound.so

contains API functions for playing system sounds