Installing portaudio library on mac

[Auris]

Hi people,

I did an introductory course of c++ and already can do primitive things.
But now I'd like to try working with sound, and audioport lib sounds like a good start.

But there is something I don't understand in their documentation (very little experience with that stuff) regarding installation.

I downloaded the compressed file and can see the contents, but in the docs they say:

To build PortAudio, simply use the Unix-style "./configure && make"

Do I do that in my terminal window (i am on mac) or where?

they also say:

You do not need to do "make install", and we don't recommend it

don't know what that means too...

sorry if the question is completely trivial.

greets,
auris

[Moschops]

Uncompress the file. Then, open a terminal window, and in the directory where you nucompressed the library, enter ./configure.

See what it says. If it doesn't like your system, it will tell you why.

[Auris]

how do I indicate the directory in terminal?

is it something like:

downloads/ ./configure


?

[Moschops]

You can naviagate through the directory structure with the cd command, using ls to see which directories are in the next level down.

http://www.astro.washington.edu/users/sjschmidt/premap/linux/cdls.html

Edit: Welcome to the command line. It's like taking the red pill.

[Auris]

Thanks a lot! That's exactly what I needed - navigating through directories in terminal window. It's actually fun to do that. Thanks for the link.

So it seems the ./configure && make command worked out, cos I saw all those words and stuff rolling down. Will test the lib in xCode now..