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

Chapter 39. Audio Utilities

gnome-media-2.32.0

Introduction to GNOME Media

The GNOME Media package contains GNOME's media applications.

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

This is a legacy GNOME-2 package which has been deprecated by the GNOME developers and will be removed from the book in due course. If you are not building a GNOME desktop, this can provide a volume control / mixer application, but you may wish to consider simpler alternatives:

volumecontrol, is a simple volume control and mixer which requires gtk+-2.24.10, and alsa-utils-1.0.25. Use ./autogen.sh to configure it.

gvolwheel provides a volume control in a tray icon, for minimalist desktops. It uses intltool-0.50.0, XML::Parser-2.41, and there are different versions for gtk+-2.24.10 (0.7) or Gtk+-3.4.3 (0.9).

Package Information

GNOME Media Dependencies

Required

libcanberra-0.28, GConf-3.2.5, gnome-doc-utils-0.20.10 gstreamer-0.10.36, gtk+-2.24.10, and which-2.20

Optional

gst-plugins-base-0.10.36 (required to build the sound mixer and recorder), libglade-2.6.4, PulseAudio-2.0 (with libunique-1), and Rarian-0.8.1

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/gnome-media

Installation of GNOME Media

Install GNOME Media by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=$(pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0) \
            --sysconfdir=/etc/gnome/2.30.2 \
            --localstatedir=/var/lib \
            --libexecdir=$(pkg-config \
                --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0)/lib/gnome-media &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--prefix=$(pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0): Setting the prefix using this parameter instead of with $GNOME_PREFIX will ensure that the prefix is consistent with the installation environment and the package will be installed in the correct location.

--sysconfdir=/etc/gnome/3.4.1: This parameter causes the configuration files to be installed in /etc/gnome/2.30.2 instead of $GNOME_PREFIX/etc. You may prefer to use a simpler value such as /etc/gnome or even /etc.

--localstatedir=/var/lib: This parameter is used so that all ScrollKeeper files are installed in, and the ScrollKeeper database is properly updated in /var/lib/scrollkeeper instead of some files being installed in $GNOME_PREFIX/var/scrollkeeper.

--libexecdir=$(pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0)/lib/gnome-media: This parameter causes the libexec files to be installed in the preferred location of $GNOME_PREFIX/lib/gnome-media instead of $GNOME_PREFIX/libexec.

--disable-scrollkeeper: Use this parameter if you wish to disable the updates to the scrollkeeper database.

Contents

Installed Programs: gnome-audio-profiles-properties, gnome-sound-recorder, gnome-volume-control, and gstreamer-properties
Installed Libraries: libgnome-media-profiles.{so,a}
Installed Directories: $GNOME_PREFIX/{include/gnome-media/profiles, share/{gnome-media/{pixmaps,sounds},gnome-sound-recorder/ui, gnome/help/{gnome-audio-profiles/*,gnome-sound-recorder/*, gnome-volume-control/*,gstreamer-properties/*}, gstreamer-properties/icons,omf/{gnome-audio-profiles, gnome-sound-recorder,gnome-volume-control,gstreamer-properties}, sounds/gnome/default/alerts}}

Short Descriptions

gnome-sound-recorder

is GNOME's recorder.

gnome-volume-control

is GNOME's mixer with volume applet.

gstreamer-properties

is a GUI front-end to GStreamer's audio/video input/output parameters.

Last updated on 2012-04-18 05:18:11 +0000