Quick Start

Autotools-based

1. Grab a libopenmpt-VERSION.autotools.tar.gz tarball.
2. Get dependencies:
   • gcc >= 7.1 or clang >= 5
   • pkg-config >= 0.24
   • zlib
   • libogg, libvorbis, libvorbisfile
   • libmpg123 >= 1.14.0
   • doxygen >= 1.8
   • libpulse, libpulse-simple (required only by openmpt123)
   • portaudio-v19 (required only by openmpt123)
   • libFLAC (required only by openmpt123)
   • libsndfile (required only by openmpt123)
3. Optional:
   • libSDL >= 1.2.x (required only by openmpt123)
4. Run:

   ./configure
   make
   make check
   sudo make install
   

Windows

1. Get dependencies:
   • Microsoft Visual Studio >= 2017
2. Optionally get dependencies:
   • Winamp SDK
   • XMPlay SDK
3. Checkout https://source.openmpt.org/svn/openmpt/trunk/OpenMPT/ .
4. Open build\vs2015\openmpt123.sln or build\vs2015\libopenmpt.sln or build\vs2015\xmp-openmpt.sln or build\vs2015\in_openmpt.sln in Microsoft Visual Studio 2015.
5. Select appropriate configuration and build. Binaries are generated in bin\
6. Drag a module onto openmpt123.exe or copy the player plugin DLLs (in_openmpt.dll or xmp-openmpt.dll) into the respective player directory.

Unix-like

1. Get dependencies:
   • GNU make
   • gcc >= 5.1 or clang >= 3.8
   • pkg-config
   • zlib
   • libogg, libvorbis, libvorbisfile
   • libmpg123 >= 1.14.0
   • libpulse, libpulse-simple (required only by openmpt123)
   • portaudio-v19 (required only by openmpt123)
   • libFLAC (required only by openmpt123)
   • libsndfile (required only by openmpt123)
2. Optional:
   • libSDL >= 1.2.x (required only by openmpt123)
   • doxygen >= 1.8
   • help2man
3. Run:

   svn checkout https://source.openmpt.org/svn/openmpt/trunk/OpenMPT/ openmpt-trunk
   cd openmpt-trunk
   make clean
   make
   make doc
   make check
   sudo make install         # installs into /usr/local by default
   sudo make install-doc     # installs into /usr/local by default
   sudo ldconfig             # required on some systems (i.e. Linux)
   openmpt123 $SOMEMODULE