Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2012-05-20

Chapter 39. Audio Utilities

Amarok-2.5.0

Introduction to Amarok

Amarok is a powerful audio player for the KDE4 environment. Features include a context browser, integration with many online music services and support for management of several digital music players including Apple's iPod.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.0 platform.

Package Information

Amarok Dependencies

Required

kdelibs-4.8.3, MySQL-5.5.17 and taglib-1.7.2

Recommended

FFmpeg-0.10.3

Optional

cURL-7.25.0 (for MP3tunes integration), libxml2-2.7.8 (for MP3tunes integration), OpenSSL-1.0.1a (for MP3tunes integration), GLib-2.32.3 (for MP3tunes integration), gdk-pixbuf-2.26.1 (for iPod support), QJson (for Playdar integration), libgpod (for iPod support), libmtp (for MTP device support), qtscript-qt, liblastfm (for Last.fm integration), libofa (for MusicBrainz support), libmygpo-qt (for gpodder.net podcast support) and loudmouth (for MP3tunes integration)

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/amarok

Installation of Amarok

Install Amarok by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd build &&
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$KDE4_PREFIX \
      -DKDE_DEFAULT_HOME=.kde4 \
      -DSYSCONF_INSTALL_DIR=/etc/kde4 \
      .. &&
make

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Contents

Installed Programs: amarok, amarok_afttagger, amarokcollectionscanner and amarokpkg
Installed Libraries: libamarok-sqlcollection.so, libamarok-transcoding.so, libamarokcore.so, libamaroklib.so, libamarokocsclient.so, libamarokpud.so, libampache_account_login.so and several libraries in $KDE4_PREFIX/lib/kde4
Installed Directories: several in $KDE4_PREFIX/share

Last updated on 2012-04-06 01:50:36 +0000