aRts-&arts-version;
Estimated build disk space: 35 MB
Estimated installed space: 5.7 MB
Package size: &arts-size;
Estimated build time: 11 min (667 MHz)
The Analog Realtime Synthesizer (aRts) provides sound support for KDE.
It provides necessary libraries for kdelibs. It will use the
following optional packages, if installed:
, , ,
and .
./configure --prefix=&kde-dir; --enable-objprelink \
--disable-debug --disable-dependency-tracking &&
make &&
make install &&
ln -sf &kde-dir; /opt/kde
Another configure option is --enable-final.
This option can speed up the build process, but requires a lot of memory. If
you have less than 256MB of RAM, this option will cause swapping and
significantly slow compilation. This option applies to all the
kde packages.
aRts Installation Commmand explanations
--prefix=&kde-dir;: This option tells the
process to install the package in &kde-dir;.
objprelink has been known to cause problems on some
systems. If it does not work on your system you will have to rebuild kde
without it.
--enable-objprelink: This option enables
the linking process to optimize executable loading times by prelinking
many internal references.
--disable-debug: This option causes the
system to be compiled without debugging code.
--disable-dependency-tracking: This option speeds
up one time builds.
ln -s &kde-dir; /opt/kde: This command creates
a link for access to KDE. If a newer version of KDE is released, the new
system can be built by changing the --prefix location
and then set up by just changing the link.
Configuring aRts
The library directory /opt/kde/lib
should appear in /etc/ld.so.conf
so that ldd can find the shared libraries. The following command will add it
if it is missing:
cat >> /etc/ld.so.conf << "EOF"
# Begin kde addition to /etc/ld.so.conf
/opt/kde/lib
# End kde addition
EOF
ldconfig