kdemultimedia-3.1.4

Introduction to kdemultimedia

Installation of kdemultimedia

Install kdemultimedia with:

./configure --prefix=/opt/kde-3.1.4 --disable-debug \
    --disable-dependency-tracking --with-arts-alsa &&
  sed -i -e 's/strings -ansi/strings/' kaudiocreator/Makefile &&
  sed -i -e 's/strings -ansi/strings/' kioslave/audiocd/Makefile &&
  sed -i -e 's/-ansi//' kscd/libwm/Makefile &&
make &&
make install

Command explanations

--with-arts-alsa : Use the ALSA support built into aRts.

sed -i -e 's/strings -ansi/strings/' kaudiocreator/Makefile : Remove -ansi from gcc parameters to work around a broken header in the kernel. The broken file is asm/byteorder.h, where a parameter is used, but not defined, when -ansi is specified.

sed -i -e 's/strings -ansi/strings/' kioslave/audiocd/Makefile : Remove -ansi from gcc parameters to work around a broken header in the kernel.

sed -i -e 's/-ansi//' kscd/libwm/Makefile : Remove -ansi from gcc parameters to work around a broken header in the kernel.

Configuring kdemultimedia

There is no explicit configuration for the kde multimedia package, however Kscd needs to find the CD drive. The default is /dev/cdrom which may not exist on your system. The easiest way to do this is to create a symbolic link to this from your CD drive (e.g. /dev/hdc, /dev/scd0, etc):

cd /dev && ln -s "CD Drive" /dev/cdrom

Contents

The KDE Multimedia package provides kaboodle, noatun, timidity, kmidi, kmix, kscd and aktion.

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