alsa-lib-0.9.2

Introduction to alsa-lib

Download location (HTTP):       http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa/ftp/lib/alsa-lib-0.9.2.tar.bz2
Download location (FTP):        ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/lib/alsa-lib-0.9.2.tar.bz2
Version used:                   0.9.2
Package size:                   485 KB
Estimated Disk space required:  19 MB

The alsa-lib package contains the alsa library. This is used by programs (including alsa-utils) which wish to use the alsa sound interface.

alsa-lib depends on: 
the header files from alsa-driver-0.9.2

Installation of alsa-lib

Install alsa-lib by running the following commands:

./configure &&
make &&
make install

Configuring alsa-lib

Configuration Information

As with most libraries, there is no configuration to do, save that the library directory i.e. /usr/lib or /usr/local/lib should appear in /etc/ld.so.conf so that ldd can find the shared libraries. After checking that this is the case, /sbin/ldconfig should be run while logged in as root.

Contents

The alsa-lib package contains aserver and the alsa library.

Description

aserver

No description is currently available.

libasound (alsa library)

libasound provides alsa functions for application programs.