alsa oss-1.1.8

#### Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2019-02-27

### Chapter 42. Multimedia Libraries and Drivers

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# alsa oss-1.1.8

## Introduction to alsa-oss

The alsa-oss package contains the alsa-oss compatibility library. This is used by programs which wish to use the alsa-oss sound interface.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-8.4 platform.

### Package Information

- Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/oss-lib/alsa-oss-1.1.8.tar.bz2

- Download MD5 sum: 9ec4bb783fdce19032aace086d65d874

- Download size: 288 KB

- Estimated disk space required: 3.0 MB

- Estimated build time: less than 0.1 SBU

### ALSA OSS Dependencies

#### Required

alsa-lib-1.1.8

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/alsa-oss

## Installation of ALSA OSS

Install ALSA OSS by running the following commands:

    ./configure --disable-static &&
    make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the `root` user:

    make install

## Command Explanations

`--disable-static`: This switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.

## Contents

Installed Program: aoss
Installed Libraries: libalsatoss.so, libaoss.so, and libossredir.a
Installed Directories: None

### Short Descriptions

aoss | is a simple wrapper script which facilitates the use of the ALSA oss compatibility library. It just sets the appropriate `LD_PRELOAD` path and then runs the command.

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