Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 7.9

Chapter 31. KDE4 Additional Packages

Kmix-15.12.1

Introduction to Kmix

This packages provides an audio mixer application for KDE.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.9 platform.

Package Information

Kmix Dependencies

Required

kdelibs-4.14.16

Optional

PulseAudio-8.0 and libcanberra-0.30

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/kmix

Installation of Kmix

Install Kmix by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$KDE_PREFIX \
      -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release         \
      -DCMAKE_AUTOMOC=TRUE               \
      -Wno-dev .. &&
make

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

-DCMAKE_AUTOMOC=TRUE: This switch is used to avoid an invalid error return in cmake-3.3 and later.

Contents

Installed Programs: kmix and kmixctrl
Installed Libraries: libkdeinit4_kmix.so, libkdeinit4_kmixctrl.so, kded_kmixd.so and plasma_engine_mixer.so
Installed Directories: several in $KDE_PREFIX/share

Short Descriptions

kmix

is the KDE Volume Control.

kmixctrl

is used to save or restore the settings of kmix.

Last updated on 2016-03-02 13:42:47 -0800