libcanberra-0.30

Introduction to libcanberra

libcanberra is an implementation of the XDG Sound Theme and Name Specifications, for generating event sounds on free desktops, such as GNOME.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 12.1 platform.

Download (HTTP): https://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/libcanberra/libcanberra-0.30.tar.xz
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Download size: 312 KB
Estimated disk space required: 7.5 MB
Estimated build time: 0.1 SBU

At first, apply a patch to fix an issue causing some applications to crash in Wayland based desktop environment:

patch -Np1 -i ../libcanberra-0.30-wayland-1.patch

Install libcanberra by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-oss &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user:

make docdir=/usr/share/doc/libcanberra-0.30 install

--disable-oss: disable optional deprecated OSS support

--disable-gtk: disable optional GTK+ 2 support

--disable-gtk3: disable optional GTK+ 3 support

Installed Programs: canberra-boot and canberra-gtk-play

Installed Libraries: libcanberra-gtk.so, libcanberra-gtk3.so and libcanberra.so

Installed Directories: /usr/lib/libcanberra-0.30, /usr/share/doc/libcanberra-0.30 and /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/libcanberra

canberra-gtk-play	is an application used for playing sound events
`libcanberra-gtk.so`	contains the libcanberra bindings for GTK+ 2
`libcanberra-gtk3.so`	contains the libcanberra bindings for GTK+ 3
`libcanberra.so`	contains the libcanberra API functions