mikasue has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Is there an equivalent to Win32::Sound for Linux? I can not find a module that plays .wav or .mid files in Linux. Thanks,

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Re: Win32::Sound for Linux
by Snarius (Sexton) on Jan 01, 2008 at 00:40 UTC
    The only maintained library that I know about is SDL::Mixer. Frozen Bubble uses it, and SDL is cross-platform.

    SDL::Mixer
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Re: Win32::Sound for Linux
by Tux (Canon) on Jan 01, 2008 at 13:58 UTC

    I totally agree with Audio::Mixer. Hasn't been updated for ages, but there is no need for updates. It works.


    Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn
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      Did you mean SDL::Mixer? Audio::Mixer only seems to be able to set mixer volume.
      Codesearch confirms.
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        No, I meant Audio::Mixer. I use that in a play-project: xwekker, an alarm clock in perl/Tk that can also play internet radio and CD's


        Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn
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      Can you provide an example of how to play the file? The documentation only sets parameters but never uses those settings to actually play a file - Audio::Mixer. Thanks!
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Re: Win32::Sound for Linux
by Anonymous Monk on Jan 01, 2008 at 05:34 UTC
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      So I found MIDI-Music but receive an error when I try to install it on my Linux box. 
      cp Music.pm blib/lib/MIDI/Music.pm
AutoSplitting blib/lib/MIDI/Music.pm (blib/lib/auto/MIDI/Music)
/usr/bin/perl /usr/share/perl/5.8/ExtUtils/xsubpp  -typemap /usr/share
+/perl/5.8/ExtUtils/typemap  Music.xs > Music.xsc && mv Music.xsc Musi
+c.c
cc -c    -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DTHREADS_HAVE_PIDS -DDEBIAN -fno-
+strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FIL
+E_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O2    -DVERSION=\"0.01\"  -DXS_VERSION=\"0.01\" -fP
+IC "-I/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE"   Music.c
/bin/sh: cc: command not found
*** Error code 127

Stop.
pmake: stopped in /home/tamika/Desktop/MIDI-Music-0.01

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      Can any tell me what I need to get past this error? 
      "-I/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE"   Music.c
/bin/sh: cc: command not found
*** Error code 127

Stop.

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      Thanks!
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        As error messages go, "command not found" is pretty clear, if you are going to compile things, you are going to have to install a compiler.

        We're not surrounded, we're in a target-rich environment!
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