You *must* have the development components of OpenAL installed on your system
to build FlightGear!" You can get a copy here:
- http://www.openal.org
+ http://connect.creativelabs.com/openal/default.aspx
Build notes:
You can download a versioned release of the openal library from
http://www.openal.org/downloads.html. Download the openal source,
release 0.0.8 (dated February 11, 2006) and run:
-tar xzvf openal-0.0.8.tar.gz
-cd openal-0.0.8
-./configure
-make
-sudo make install
+tar xjvf openal-soft-1.5.304.tar.bz2
+cd openal-soft-1.5.304/
+ccmake .
+
+[ While running ccmake: press 'c' to configure, press 'c' once more, and
+ then press 'g' to generate and exit ]
+
The alut library is also required, but comes separately in the package
freelut-1.1.0.tar.gz. This package can be downloaded from the same page
-(http://www.openal.org/downloads.html). Download and run:
+(http://connect.creativelabs.com/openal/default.aspx). Download and run:
tar xzvf freelut-1.1.0.tar.gz
-cd freelut-1.1.0
+cd freealut-1.1.0
./configure
make
sudo make install
-Alternatively, you can use the CVS version (follow the instructions at
-the OpenAL web site) and build/install that one.