Compiling under Linux and Unix

To see the most up-to-date requirements, read the info documentation inside the package (type 'info doc/imyplay.info').

Requirements:

• a working C compiler
• development package for the C library
• the make program
• if you want sound, not just MIDI conversion, a development package for one of the supported libraries (except OSS and PC-speaker, which require only the C library and system support). If you don't have any of these installed or available, then go to
  • http://alleg.sf.net/ - for the Allegro library
  • http://www.libsdl.org/ - for the SDL library
  • http://alsa-project.org/ - for the ALSA library
  • http://xiph.org/ao/ - for the AO library
  • http://www.portaudio.com/ - for the PortAudiov19 library
  • http://www.pulseaudio.org/ - for the PulseAudio library
  • http://jackaudio.org/ - for the JACK1/JACK2 library
  • http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/ - for GStreamer
• MIDI output requires the following functions from the standard C library: malloc(), realloc(), memset(), memcpy(), fopen(), fwrite(), fseek(), fclose() and qsort().

Type ./configure to configure the program for your system.
If you do not wish support for a particular output, give the --enable-SYS=no option to ./configure (SYS=allegro, SDL, ALSA, OSS, LIBAO, PORTAUDIO, PULSEAUDIO, JACK, MIDI, EXEC, GSTREAMER, FILE, SPKR). Run ./configure --help for details.

By default, a flex-based scanner will be generated to parse the input file. If the scanner does not compile for you or works incorrectly, disable it with ./configure --enable-FLEXPARSER=no and recompile IMYplay.

Type make to compile the program.
Documentation will be compiled, if you have the makeinfo program (texinfo package). Translations will be compiled, if you have the gettext package.
Type make install to install the program. NOTE: 'make install' is NOT recommended. Create and install an RPM package instead, if possible.