libass is a portable subtitle renderer for the ASS/SSA (Advanced Substation Alpha/Substation Alpha) subtitle format that allows for more advanced subtitles than the conventional SRT and similar formats.
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.
Download (HTTP): https://github.com/libass/libass/releases/download/0.17.2/libass-0.17.2.tar.xz
Download MD5 sum: 0863bbeb95cf1ae51b2ccd091b5771cb
Download size: 432 KB
Estimated disk space required: 6.3 MB
Estimated build time: less than 0.1 SBU
FreeType-2.13.2, FriBidi-1.0.14, and NASM-2.16.03
Install libass by running the following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static && make
This package does not come with a test suite.
Now, as the root
user:
make install
--disable-static
: This
switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.
--disable-fontconfig
: Use this switch
if you didn't install Fontconfig.