(64-bit) Build the latest of Audacious

[Artificial Intelligence]

Tested: Ubuntu 7.10 64-bit Gnome, Ubuntu 7.10 64-bit Gnome (should work as well on 32-bit)
Homepage: http://audacious-media-player.org
Original Guide: http://polarbeardk.blogspot.com/2007/11/build-audacious-from-source-710-64bit.html


Audacious is a fork of beep-media-player 0.9.7.1. This means that Audacious is not a fork of XMMS (it seems to be assumed that BMP classic == XMMS, that's not true either), but a continuation of a previous fork of XMMS.

This guide show how to build the latest version of Audacious and its plugins.



Before Installation
Installation
Auto-play CDs
Audacious Associate Media Files
Skins
Advance Audacious Eyecandy


http://www.imageviper.com/displayimage/107294/0/Pre-Audacious.png (http://www.imageviper.com/displayimage/107295/0/Audacious.png)
Click to enlarge



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Before Installation

First thing you need is to enable all the sources in your repository. You can do that by; System tab ---> Administration ---> Software Sources.
You also need to enable medibuntu which you can find here; http://www.medibuntu.org/

When that is done, open the terminal (Applications tab ---> Accessories ---> Terminal ).
To build Audacious from the source the right tools, libs and headers is needed, also the old Audacious needs to be uninstall, type this in the terminal;

For Ubuntu 8.04 and previous versions
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install build-essential mercurial autogen automake checkinstall
sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev libpng12-dev libglade2-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev bison libgconf2-dev libxml2-dev libxcomposite-dev libgnomevfs2-dev imlib11-dev
sudo apt-get install gettext libsamplerate0-dev libsidplay1-dev libsidplay2-dev libflac-dev libmad0-dev libvorbis-dev libasound2-dev libesd0-dev libpulse-dev libsndfile1-dev libmpcdec-dev liblame-dev libgtkglext1-dev
sudo apt-get install liblircclient-dev libbinio-dev libwavpack-dev libtag1-dev libjack0.100.0-dev libresid-builder-dev libfluidsynth-dev libcdio-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libmms-dev libmtp-dev libsdl1.2-dev libimlib2-dev libcdio-cdda-dev libcddb2-dev libneon26-dev flex

For Ubuntu 8.10
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install build-essential mercurial autogen automake checkinstall
sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev libpng12-dev libglade2-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev bison libgconf2-dev libxml2-dev libxcomposite-dev libgnomevfs2-dev imlib11-dev
sudo apt-get install gettext libsamplerate0-dev libsidplay1-dev libsidplay2-dev libflac-dev libmad0-dev libvorbis-dev libasound2-dev libesd0-dev libpulse-dev libsndfile1-dev libmpcdec-dev libtwolame-dev libmp3lame-dev libgtkglext1-dev
sudo apt-get install liblircclient-dev libbinio-dev libwavpack-dev libtag1-dev libjack0.100.0-dev libresid-builder-dev libfluidsynth-dev libcdio-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libmms-dev libmtp-dev libsdl1.2-dev libimlib2-dev libcdio-cdda-dev libcddb2-dev libneon26-dev flex


There's one lib that you need but it's not available in Ubuntu repo, therefore it needs to be build as well;


libmowgli

mowgli is a development framework for C (like GLib), which provides high performance and highly flexible algorithms. It can be used as a suppliment to GLib (to add additional functions (dictionaries, hashes), or replace some of the slow GLib list manipulation functions), or stand alone. It also provides a powerful hook system and convenient logging for your code, as well as a high performance block allocator.
mowgli builds upon previous attempts, such as libmisc, and will likely become the primary development framework for most projects at Atheme.
[Homepage] (http://www.atheme.org/)

For Ubuntu 8.04 and above
Recommended that you build it by yourself (see For Ubuntu 7.10 (below)), to get the latest version
sudo apt-get install libmowgli-dev

For Ubuntu 7.10
cd ~/Desktop
hg clone http://hg.atheme-project.org/libmowgli libmowgli-devel
cd libmowgli-devel
sh autogen.sh
./configure --prefix=/usr
make
checkinstall --install=no
sudo dpkg -i *.deb


Remember to change option (3) to a version number(X.X.X) in checkinstall.




libMCS

Modular Config System is a library and set of tools which abstract the storage of configuration settings away from userland applications.
[Homepage] (http://www.atheme.org/)

cd ~/Desktop
hg clone http://hg.atheme-project.org/libmcs libmcs-devel
cd libmcs-devel
sh autogen.sh
./configure --prefix=/usr
make
checkinstall --install=no
sudo dpkg -i *.deb

Remember to change option (3) to a version number(X.X.X) in checkinstall.

Now you're ready to compile Audacious and its Plugin.



Installation


Audacious
The first thing that need to be build is Audacious. This is the structure of Audacious and do not contain any plugins, codecs and format.


sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/share/audacious/Skins
cd ~/Desktop
wget http://distfiles.atheme.org/audacious-1.5.1.tgz
tar zxfv audacious-1.5.1.tgz
cd audacious-1.5.1
./configure --enable-samplerate
make
checkinstall --addso=yes --install=no
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
cd src/libaudclient
sudo cp -r libaudclient.so /usr/lib/libaudclient.so.1



Audacious Plugin
This contains codecs, visualizer, sound enhancer etc.
[21 Decoders][5 Visualization][7 Effects][10 general plugins]

cd ~/Desktop
wget http://distfiles.atheme.org/audacious-plugins-1.5.1.tgz
tar zxfv audacious-plugins-1.5.1.tgz
cd audacious-plugins-1.5.1
./configure
make
checkinstall --install=no
sudo dpkg -i *.deb


Audacious is now installed and ready for use. You can start it by writting audacious in the terminal or via Applications tab ---> Sound & Video ---> Audacious.

This guide used checkinstall, so if you like to uninstall it, you can do it via synaptic. Remember if you want to build or install another version of Audacious you must uninstall the previous one that is build by checkinstall.



Auto-play CDs
Only for Ubuntu 7.10 and below

You want audacious auto-play your CDs when inserted in the CD-drive?

gnome-volume-properties

Go to the Multimedia tab and select Audio CD Discs

fill in;

audacious -p /media/cdrom

Done.



Audacious Associate Media Files

If you want Audacious to associate eg. all mp3 files (when you click a mp3 file audacious will play it).

Right click on a mp3 file and select Properties-
Go to the Open with tab.
Double click audacious.
If it's not there, simple click the add button to add it to the open with option.



Skins

To install skins for Audacious you have to copy the skin(s) to /usr/local/share/audacious/Skins
Note you don't need to extract the skin file, just copy it to the location.

an example if you have the skin called Aqua.wsz on your Desktop;

cd ~/Desktop
sudo cp -r Aqua.wsz /usr/local/share/audacious/Skins


If you have a folder full of skins

cd <into your skin collection directory>
sudo cp -r * /usr/local/share/audacious/Skins




Advance Audacious Eyecandy

This is needed to be done before you start to build Audacious source, if you already build an install Audacious you need to uninstall it to accompilish this.

If you want to change the icon and the graphic like I have done (see screenshot), you have to do this;

Download Audacious​-Inner​-Theme​.tar​.gz (attached to this post) to your Desktop.

cd ~/Desktop
tar zxfv Audacious-Inner-Theme.tar.gz

copy audacious.png from image folder to audacious-1.5.1/pixmaps
Then move rest of the icons in the image folder to audacious-1.5.1/src/audacious/images
The icons in audioscrobbler folder you move to audacious-plugins-1.5.1/src/scrobbler/images

If you want to make your own Audacious preferences icons, here is the background for it;

http://bp3.blogger.com/_-keIPI3rNgc/R0MXVirAb9I/AAAAAAAAAHA/PTxHDqryyjs/s1600/platform.png

Enjoy

Regards
A.I. Dude

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Other 64-bit guides:
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Install F-prot (anti-virus) (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=623665)
Install AVG (anti-virus) (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=622967)

[Technoviking]

Great guide, works for me except Audacious is very CPU hungry after awhile, using 50% of my CPU.

[Artificial Intelligence]

Guide updated

-- added Index
-- Added Audacious Associate Media Files
-- Added Advance Audacious Eyecandy
-- Added Homepage link to libmowgli

[Technoviking]

Make sure to delete/move your ~/.config/audacious if you are having problems after upgrading. That fixed my CPU usage problem.

Mike

[aparigraha]

XLNT how to.
thx alot

[elamericano]

Darn, I didn't save /usr/local/share/audacious/Skins before installing 8.04. Now where did I get those things...

This time I'm going to symlink it to a directory in home!

[Artificial Intelligence]

Guide updated.
Also tested for Ubuntu 8.04
Inner theme updated to fit audacious 1.5.0

[elgatovolador]

Hi, i have several hours trying to install audacious 64 bits once and again, but after resolving some library dependencies, i am getting this error when try install the audacious plugins..

Successfully compiled xs_init.c.
Successfully compiled xs_about.c.
Successfully compiled xs_support.c.
xs_config.c:254:2: error: #error This should not happen! No supported SIDPlay2 builders configured in!
Failed to compile xs_config.c!
make[2]: *** [xs_config.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [install] Error 1
make: *** [install] Error 1

**** Installation failed. Aborting package creation.

Cleaning up...OK

Bye.


Please help me, i don't wanna surrender.. :mad:

btw, i have ubuntu 8.04 (64 bits) installed on a Dell 1721 laptop (AMD Turion 64 processors).

[Artificial Intelligence]

Well, you don't need to compile it at the moment. The version in the repo is the latest at the moment.

Otherwise you can disable sid2 if it's nothing you gonna use.

[ramkumail]

Can some one tell me how to install 31 band equalizer plugin for audacious? I have started a new thread here so that it gets better attention. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=802131

I am posting this here as the issue is closely related. Linux geeks, please help me do this.

[Artificial Intelligence]

Updated the guide to fit Audacious 1.5.1

[Artificial Intelligence]

Guide updated;
Change the libs installation in guide (using checkinstall with two of the libs).

[moore.bryan]

maybe you guys can answer a quick question... i have the latest hg libmcs installed, but i keep getting this:
libmcs version 0.5.0 was found, but libmcs >= 0.7 is required.
rather frustrating...

[Artificial Intelligence]

Check if you have an old version of libmcs (-dev) installed. Try remove it.

[moore.bryan]

yeah, first thing i tried... very strange.
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EDIT

so i went out on a limb and tried
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig"
just in-case the issue of the compiler not reading the correct libmcs was similar to the error of not thinking libmcs was installed at all and, voila, success.

[mustang]

Updated the guide to fit Audacious 1.5.1

Hi AI. I actually didn't follow your guide but I was able to successfully build audacious and audacious-plugins both 1.5.1.

However, when I play an mp3, it does nothing. Even when I try through the terminal, all I get is:


manish@manish-laptop:~$ audacious Music/jay-z-blow_the_whistle.mp3

(audacious:6569): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_bookmark_file_get_size: assertion `bookmark != NULL' failed


The "open file" window comes up but when I select a file nothing happens. I made sure to select the PulseAudio output in the output section. I did not have this problem with 1.5.0 (in the repository).

edit: I tried removing ./config/Audacious/; no dice.

[luke16]

Would the packages made by checkinstall work on other peoples computers?
I would like to be able to use a deb package to install it, which would be easier.
I already tried building it from source as in the guide, but synaptic started saying that I had broken packages (I believe it was that I had libmcs .7 installed, while something wanted libmcs1, which wouldn't install because it conflicted with libmcs .7, and I don't know how to force synaptic to ignore a dependency). So if there was a way to get all of this on some repository or make it as deb files, I think that would just be better than everyone having to do all of this (and potentially having problems). I would be willing to try to help, but I don't think I know enough to do it right.
The developers over at the website would prolly be willing to post the debian packages, or at least post where you can get it.

[sandrshe]

everything installed fine but when i run Audacious i get the following error:


audacious: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/mcs/libkeyfile.so: undefined symbol: mcs_list_append




Ubuntu 64 8.04 and followed your guide to the T

How do i resolve?
thanks

[DancemasterGlenn]

Totally unhelpful, but I'm experiencing the same problem as sandrshe. I think the answer to this issue used to be addressed on the audacious forums, but that post was lost after the forums went down for a couple of months...

If anyone could help out, I'd appreciate it. I haven't been able to use audacious in months because of this.

EDIT: To quote people on the audacious forums...
Audacious require libmcs >= 0.7 (libkeyfile.so is in old libmcs-0.5)
Turned out I forgot to remove all of my old mcs packages on synaptic before going through with this whole process. Uninstalling those and redoing the mcs part of this walkthrough has solved my problems. Hope this helps people out!

[Crafty Kisses]

Thanks for the tutorial I'm really liking it, nicely typed and very smooth. :)