Audacious is a [[BSD-2]] licensed music player written in [[C++]].
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> Audacious is an open source audio player.
# Notability
It is a music player. It can also, optionally, use Winamp skins.
# Philosophy
## Origin
Started as a fork of [[XMMS]].
- https://audacious-media-player.org/history
## Combative Contributor
One of the main contributors is rude and dismissive of others contributions. He wonders why he is the only contributor, yet he runs other people away. Ironic.
`jlindgren90`'s comments can be found [here](https://github.com/audacious-media-player/audacious-plugins/pull/160#issuecomment-2183793989).
Given this, I don't think contributing to Audacious is worth anyone's time. Better to fork or find an alternative.
# Platform Support
# Features
Has a basic music library system.
## Bugs
Scrobbling with [[Last.fm]] was broken some time around 2023. May be fixed with more recent versions but I have not been able to test it.
# Tips
## Building
### Required Packages
Also required by plugins. If you already ran `autogen.sh`, you must re-run it again after they are installed.
```
libgtk-3-devel
gettext-devel
```
### Procedure
```sh
./autogen.sh
./configure --prefix="/opt/local"
make
make install
```
## Building Plugins
Must have the current version of Audacious built already!
>[!DANGER]
> `./configure` will not find Audacious if it is installed in `/opt/local`. I am sure there is a workaround for this, but I do not know what it is.
# References