Contents
Installed Program:
parole
Installed Libraries:
Two libraries under /usr/lib/parole-0/
Installed Directories:
/usr/include/parole,
/usr/lib/parole-0 and
/usr/share/parole
Parole-4.18.0
Introduction to Parole
Parole is a DVD/CD/music player for Xfce that uses GStreamer.
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Note
Development versions of BLFS may not build or run some packages properly if LFS or dependencies have been updated since the most recent stable versions of the books.
Note
Although this version of parole works with most files, it is unable to play DVDs, reporting an error in the gstreamer backend.
Package Information
Download (HTTP): https://archive.xfce.org/src/apps/parole/4.18/parole-4.18.0.tar.bz2
Download MD5 sum: 319cd9bdbda677f93c390edaac91ca45
Download size: 912 KB
Estimated disk space required: 18 MB
Estimated build time: 0.2 SBU
Parole Dependencies
Required
dbus-glib-0.112, gst-plugins-base-1.22.7, gst-plugins-good-1.22.7, and libxfce4ui-4.18.4
Recommended
libnotify-0.8.3 and taglib-1.13.1
Optional
Installation of Parole
Install Parole by running the following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr && make
This package does not come with a test suite.
Now, as the root user:
make install
Using Parole
If you have installed Gstreamer Plugins Ugly with support for libdvdnav and libdvdread and would like to use Parole to play a DVD, click Media> Open location and enter dvd:// into the box.
Similarly, to play a CD, click Media> Open location and enter cdda:// into the box.